GMB Northants Community Branch Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of the month, (except August and December) at 7pm in Corby Northants. Here are the dates for 2018 and more venue information:
 It has been widely reported that Northamptonshire County Council in Northants are fast approaching insolvency. The council have mismanaged their finances and are now failing to deliver the level of service that our community expect and rely on. Find out more on this GMB Union Website
This years event in Corby to mark Workers Memorial Day (WMD) will be on Saturday the 29th April 2017 at 11am
Each year GMB Northants hosts the event at The Cube in Corby, outside by the statue if weather permits. The event starts at 11am and we will have a band playing followed by speakers and a presentation, followed by a small buffet SPEAKERS TO INCLUDE: ANDY SAWFORD – FORMER (AND MUCH MISSED) MP FOR CORBY JOHN McGHEE – LEADER LABOUR GROUP NORTHANTS COUNTY COUNCIL BERT SCHOUWENBURG – INTERNATIONAL OFFICER GMB RON MENDEL – NORTHAMPTON TUC FOLLOWED BY A LIGHT BUFFET WE WILL BE ENTERTAINED BY GORDONS VOLUNTEER BAND All GMB Northants Members and the general public are welcome to attend Find the Corby IWMD 2017 Event on Facebook #IWMD  Please see below information regarding the upcoming Mental Health First Aid Course to be held here at Nottingham Regional Office on 27th and 28th February 2017
If you wish to attend, please email our Regional Education Officer by Monday 13th February.  The GMB Midland and East Coast Region will be holding its annual Women’s Conference on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th April 2017 at the Hilton Leicester Hotel, 21 Junction Approach, Leicester LE19 1WQ.
The Conference will cover various topics which impact women both within the workplace and the home. The conference aims to inspire and empower women and offers them an opportunity to get to know other GMB members. Find out more information and register here  Corby Borough Council are holding a Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration on Sunday 29th January 2017 at Corby Cube - all welcome
More information about the event here
38 degrees are petitioning Northamptonshire County Council to stop their proposed inequitable cuts of 25% to all Corby children's centre budgets.
Sign Petition on 38 Degress website at 4CORBY CHILDREN SAY NO MORE CUTS!  Cake Sale proceeds to Corby Foodbank LEARNDIRECT, LEISURE HOUSE,
WOOD ST, CORBY NN17 1PT INVITE YOU TO "ALWAYS TIME FOR TEA" HOMEMADE CAKE SALE WEDNESDAY 17TH FEBUARY 2016 10am - 3pm ALL PROCEEDS RAISED ARE GOING TO CORBY FOODBANK  Every year GMB Northants Branch commemorates Workers Memorial Day in Corby.
This year we will be holding it on Saturday April 30th 2016 at 11.00am next to the steelworker statue in Corby town centre or in the Corby Cube if the weather is bad. We have speakers and invite other unions to attend. We also present a cheque to the Mesothelioma Research Fund which does a lot of good work helping those who have contacted this killer disease, usually caused by breathing asbestos at work, and funding research into a cure. We raised over £1000 for the fund last year and over the past few years we raised over £11000. More Information To Follow  No to Austerity, Yes to Workers Rights - National demonstration at Conservative Party ConferenceManchester, Sunday 4 October 2015 As Conservative Party Conference meets in Manchester this year, thousands of trade union members and supporters will march through the city, taking a clear message to the Conservative Party about their Government's damaging programme of austerity and their attacks on the rights of working people and their unions. Find out more on the TUC website We need as many folks as possible to attend and transport will be arranged, probably from the Northampton area & Peterborough Office. please let Branch Secretary Gordon Glassford know if you are interested in transport.
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