GMB Northants Community Branch
  • Home
  • About
  • Join GMB Northants
  • GMB Extra
  • Legal Services
  • Sponsorship
  • Regional GMB Website
  • National GMB Website
  • My GMB
  • Branch Newsletter
  • News
  • Contact

GMB Northants Branch Elections 2020

11/3/2020

0 Comments

 
GMB Northants Branch Elections 2020
Branch Elections have been postponed because of Covid-19 following consultation with the Region.
​We will announce the date of the elections in due course. In the meantime if you are interested in any of the roles, you can
contact the Branch Secretary for more information
​GMB Northants Branch elections for officers and committee are due to take place this year at the June 2020 meeting.
Branch officers are elected by each GMB branch and each branch will have a president, secretary, equality officer, youth officer and two auditors and a committee of no less than nine members. The president, secretary, equality officer and youth officer will all be members of the committee. 

All branch officers, and the branch committee, will be elected at the meeting in June every four years. Nominations can be made at any of the three meeting nights before that meeting. If not enough nominations are made at these meetings, nominations can be made at the June meeting.
​
It should be noted that these post holders are lay member appointments. They are not employed by GMB but work on behalf of the union to provide advice and support to members in their branch.
GMB Northants Branch elections for officers and committee are due to take place this year at the June meeting. The Branch will be electing a:
  • President
  • Secretary
  • Equality Officer
  • Youth officer
  • Two auditors 
  • An additional 5 committee members
​Gordon Glassford, our current Branch Secretary, has been in this post for eighteen years and has announced that he will not be standing for election for another four year term. Gordon thinks it is time to hand over to someone, perhaps younger, who can move the branch on and give it fresh impetus. 
The branch secretary is responsible for running the branch, communicating with members and keeping accounts.  As this is a large branch with 2500 members and is financially active, we help support eight foodbanks in Northants make various charitable donations, it is time consuming. 
​
We hold ten branch meetings a year and the branch secretary must make a commitment to attend all of them, take minutes and carry out any decisions made. She or he should also have a working knowledge of Excel and Word.

​Nominations for all officers and committee members will be taken in the March, April and May meetings. If more than one member is nominated for any position then there will be an election at the June meeting. 
If you are interested in taking up a role and wish for more information please get in touch with Gordon Glassford by email or telephone

​Branch Secretary Handbook

GMB is a membership based organisation, and our members are both at the centre of our democratic decision-making process and from where our strength comes. It is through building strong workplace organisation with good communication and enough representatives, that we will achieve our goal of having the strongest possible union organisation in every workplace.

GMB recognises that the role of branch secretary is a vital link in the communications between the Union and our members.

The branch secretary, once elected to the position, has a wide range of duties and responsibilities to recruit, to service and to retain membership. The duties and responsibilities are set out in the union’s rulebook. Branch secretaries need to be familiar not just with the rules relating to their own position, but also with all rules of the union.

This branch secretary handbook aims to help branch secretaries know their responsibilities and role in meeting the aims and objectives of the GMB through the branch and democratic structures of the union.
​
Regions will carry out the necessary training and induction to meet the needs of the branch secretary and the branch secretary handbook is a reference tool and guide for all branch secretaries.

The Branch Secretary handbook can be accessed via the secure member’s login on the National website, login at: www.gmb.org.uk/mygmb and the link can be found under 'Resources' (see image below)
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    GMB Northants Community Branch Logo
    GMB Northants Community Branch

    RSS Feed

    Branch Mtg Dates
    Picture
    Zoom Meeting Help
    Email Signup
    Picture

    GMB Northants Community Branch

    The latest news from the branch

    Click on the news story to read more

    Categories

    All
    Ambulance Strike
    Asda
    Branch Meeting
    Contact Magazine
    Corby
    Courses
    Dying To Work
    Election
    Equality Conference
    Events
    Fact Service
    Foodbanks
    General
    GMB
    GMB Congress
    GMB Credit Union
    GMB Northants
    GMB Womens Conference
    GMB Youth Members
    Green Patch
    Holocaust Memorial Day
    IWMD19
    Kettering
    Kier
    Labour Research Department
    Matalan
    NHS
    Northants
    Oakley Value Rangers
    Pensions
    Resources
    Schools
    TUC
    TUC March
    Union
    UnionLine
    Will Writing
    Worker Memorial Event
    Workers Memorial Day
    Youth Officer

    Picture

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014

    Picture
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.