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•Iran conflict. You may want to check your nearest best ‘fuel prices’. Also you can use ‘PetrolPrices’ online or via their App. Google & Waze Maps now show pump prices

• Quick Note – November 2025 Budget changes – https://www.bishopfleming.co.uk/insights/autumn-budget-2025-summary-what-you-need-know

•GMB PPE Campaign

•Heat in Work rights in News Feed

•Mossley Farmers Market last Sunday of month, see Events

•Unpaid Carer Workers Rights in News feed

•Record Report Protect in News feed

•Heat at work information in News feed

•Pension pot warning

•Pay Negotiations Update in News feed.

•Welcome Leigh Cleary our full time regional organiser

• Stealth Tax Petition

• Bank Cards Contactless Limit Lifted 19/3

• Social – Stalybridge Street Food Festival April to Nov

• Costco membership staff benefits

• Branch union membership handout/poster Handout v5

• Work cars tax reimbursement change

• Campaign Unsafe School Nursing

• Blue Light Card staff discount

• Eye safety

• Free Death Cover
• 1950’s WASP loss for their campaign continues.
• Report Fraud replaces Action Fraud-See Warnings
• Jess’s Rule for you at your GP practice
• Estate Planning
• Safety-Free full winter car checks at KwikFit
• Your Trade union legal firm UnionLine & Vauxhall Law Centre
• Pay-&-Conditions 26/27
• Health
• Raising Funds- for a Good Cause
• Employment Rights Act
• Schools – Funding & Nursing
• Praised Tameside Employees
• Retiring – Remain a union member one annual payment

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• Warnings – Deep Fakes AND EV car insurance AND Palantir access MHS Data AND Booking.com breach AND Dopamine Agonists drugs behaviour changes AND Gmail auto opt in AI function privacy issue AND 2026 Arsink Malware virus in Apps AND Email checker
• Events – Your vote on Pay AND Branch members meeting 27th May

Some Thoughts This Month For Us All:

Happy November –

As October fades, the UK undergoes a shift. Entering November isn’t just a change of the calendar page; it is the true onset of winter’s quiet, cosy embrace.
The sight of bright red poppies pinned to coats becomes universal as silence falls.
It is also a time for thick knitted jumpers, heavy wool scarves, and long Sunday roasts that stretch comfortably into the evening.
This is the true beginning of “pub season.” Stepping inside a local British pub in November feels like a sanctuary. You are greeted by the roar of an open log fire, the murmur of warm conversation, and the comfort of a drink and the crackle of the fire.
While autumn’s fiery colors spread across the landscape, the air turns crisp, and the days grow noticeably shorter. For many, this transition can feel a little daunting as the “clocks going back” cuts the daylight short. However, November captures its raw beauty and can be comforting if you know where to look.

Formula One Ends Dec

•All Saints Day 1st •Guy Fawkes 5th •Men’s UK Mental Health Awareness Month (https://keep-your-head.com/mens-mental-health-awareness-month-2025/)

•World AMR Awareness (https://www.who.int/campaigns) •National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire 11th Armistice Day Service & 28th Iraq

•Remembrance Sunday 8th •Disability history month •St Andrew’s Day 30th •Christmas Lights switch-ons •World Vegan Month •World Diabetes Day 14th •BBC Children in Need Appeal 18th •International Men’s Day •Formula One 19th •6th, 19th, 27th •TUC Young Workers Organising Weekend 28-29th