GMB Yorkshire and North Derbyshire region stood in solidarity with junior doctors when they took industrial action yesterday in relation to contract changes. The government want to impose a new contract on junior doctors.

Not only has the council annihilated the terms and conditions they are forcing through something which doesn’t work says GMB.

You will have seen the news over the holiday period and the devastation suffered by people living within our region.

Goods collected from the public, local supermarkets and shops are redistributed under a voucher system and will provide enough food for a whole family for a week says GMB

GMB MEMBERS TO JOIN MARCH IN KNOTTINGLEY WEST YORKSHIRE ON SAT 19^TH DEC TO MARK CLOSURE OF KELLINGLEY LAST DEEP MINE IN UK ON 18^TH DEC

Together we will be seeking to fully understand the extent of the crisis and its potential impact whilst also exploring how we can form an effective united front to both protect and improve such important services and lifelines for the elderly and vulnerable in our society says GMB.

A national meeting of representatives in January will decide union stance on the proposals before giving all members a vote on the offer in a ballot says GMB.

Following on from the successful seminar held in February 2015 we are now making arrangements to hold next year’s seminar which will take place at the Holiday Inn, Wakefield Road, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1LH on the 20/21 February 2016.

With Talk From Biographer Rachel Homes At Euston National Office.  The event is to celebrate the monumental achievements of Eleanor Marx the co-founder of the union and other radical working women and to link them to current struggles says GMB

Junior doctors are at the forefront of resisting further cuts to pay and conditions in NHS where pay has fallen by 10% in real terms since 2008 says GMB.