Please support the People’s Assembly National Demonstration on Saturday July 1 in central London. Assembling at BBC Broadcasting House 12pm and marching to Parliament Square.

Region’s industry nosedives in ‘massive problem for workers and local economy’

Yorkshire has haemorrhaged more than 65,000 manufacturing jobs in the past decade, a new study by GMB has shown.

It is counter-intuitive to think that sending vital IT and other functions thousands of miles abroad will not affect further the resilience of BA business and flight operations.

GMB Yorkshire & North Derbyshire Young Members are having a collective general election campaigning day in Batley & Spen and Dewsbury on Saturday 27th May 2017. There will be a mix of activities to get involved with on the day - leaflet delivery, door canvassing, telephone banking.

It is with deep sadness that I need to send you this note this morning.  Please see below confirmation that, rightly, all campaigning both national and local, has been suspended until further notice.

In light of sad events in Machester last night, and as a mark of respect, the Yorkshire Region planned Taxi Protest in Leeds today is cancelled and will be rearranged.

Our thoughts are with those caught up in the horrific situation at Manchester Arena.

This gives the lie the country is in safe hands with the Tories, says GMB. The GMB union has branded the Conservative manifesto ‘a shambles’ after the party performed a u-turn on social care just days after the policy was announced.

Due to essential work our Sheffield Office will be closed from 26th May for approximately three weeks.  GMB staff and officers will be based at our regional office in Wakefield (Grove Hall – 60 College Grove Rd – Wakefield – WF1 3RN) Tel: 0345 337 7777.

Sheffield Convenors will be based at Sheffield Town Hall (Room G39 Pinstone Street – Sheffield – S1 2HH) Tel: 0114 2734537.  If you need to contact a member of our Convenor Team you can do so and the numbers below:

The country is crying out for change and this manifesto can deliver it.  GMB has backed the Labour manifesto which will practically change millions of lives. Jeremy Corbyn unveiled the party’s pledges to the country in Bradford this morning.

We need to fundamentally rethink whether our workplace rights are fit for the 21st century says GMB.