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Fury as police dish out £10,000 fine to NHS worker for peaceful protest over the government s 1 per cent pay offer
Karen Reissmann, 61, a mental health worker and Unison rep, was among those who turned up for the demo in St Peter s Square in central Manchester
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GMP stand by £10,000 fine over NHS pay protest that lasted less than 10 minutes - as organiser says she will contest it
Karen Reissman, 61, helped organise the demo in St Peter s Square on Sunday that was shut down by police
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A top cop has stood by the decision to give a £10,000 fine to the organiser of a NHS pay protest that lasted less than ten minutes yesterday.
Karen Reissmann, 61, a mental health worker and Unison rep, was among the organisers of an event to showcase anger over the Government s offer of a 1 per cent pay rise to NHS staff by attending a socially-distanced and risk assessed demonstration in St Peter s Square on Sunday afternoon.
A FUNDRAISING campaign has raised more than £10,000 in less than 24 hours for a nurse who was fined for organising a protest over NHS pay.
Angry members of the public rallied to support Karen Reissmann, a mental health nurse and rep for public-service union Unison, after she was hit with the £10,000 penalty at the protest in St Peter’s Square, Manchester, on Sunday.
The socially distanced and risk-assessed protest was called to oppose the government’s dismal offer of a 1 per cent pay rise for NHS staff.
But Greater Manchester Police (GMP) shut the demo down, citing a ban on gatherings under Covid-19 regulations before slapping 61-year-old Ms Reissman with the eye-watering fine.