Another fantastic event was held in the region when GMB activists and members came together for the 2016 Branch Weekend. 

Our Dinner Ladies and Cleaners play a vital role in the running of the school. Our cleaners work to ensure we have a clean, safe environment to work in, whilst our Dinner Ladies provide us with meals that ensure we don't lose concentration in class.

Adequate Safeguards Are Needed To Protect Members From Attacks 

With Banners Held High at Unity+Works Wakefield on Saturday 5 March 2016 will be a packed day of music, debates, films, poetry and exhibitions.

GMB, the union for care home staff, is calling on all 15 councils in Yorkshire and the Humber with social care responsibilities to use to the full, their new powers to raise an additional £161.2m per annum on the council tax by 2019/20 to have for residential care.

Trade Union Bill will shift the balance of power even further in favour of employers making it much harder for ordinary workers to stand up to their bosses says GMB.

Well done to Neil Derrick on his recent appointment as Regional Secretary for the Yorkshire and North Derbyshire region. 

On the 13^th January 2016, ASDA informed GMB of their proposal to remove all current canteen facilities within Asda stores.

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.