A delegation of 55 elected will attend from our region, North West and Irish, with events from each day available on a live broadcast.
Motions put forward will be addressed in sections Manufacturing, Commercial & Public Services
If you want to attend a GMB Congress or put forward a motion to make GMB policy. You must be nominated by your branch, and be a paid-up member for 53 weeks. Also members may attend with day passes, which should be arranged through your branch.
Every GMB branch is entitled to submit motions to Congress. These must be received at the Regional Office by 31 January each year. Emergency motions can be submitted at any time after 31 January up to and including during Congress week. For Congress 2016 each of the nine GMB Regions will send a delegation of between 35 and 69 members, depending of the total number of members in the GMB Region. Every GMB branch may nominate one member to represent the Region at Congress and these nominations must be received at the regional office by 31 December each year. Voting by branches for the election of Congress delegates is held during January and February. Close of voting is 28 February each year.
GMB Congress 2016 will be held in the Bournemouth International Centre, Exeter Road, Bournemouth BH2 5BH on Sunday 5 June to Thursday 9 June 2016.
