Plymouth hosts GMB Congress

500 delegates from Britain's thrid largest trade union are attending the GMB Congress 2013 at Plymouth Pavilions this week.

The elected delegates are representing over 620,000 GMB members from all parts of the UK and Ireland and from every sector.

The Congress, which is the union's supreme policy making body, began on Sunday (2 June) and lasts until Thursday (6 June). Delegates meet to discuss an industrial, economic and political agenda.

300 visitors and guests will also be attending GMB Congress and are drawn mainly from GMB organised workplaces around the UK and Ireland.

GMB Congress will be webcast live on the GMB national website at www.gmb.public-i.tv and documents are online on the GMB website in the area for GMB members only.

Among this year's speakers are the journalist Owen Jones and Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham MP who will be hosting a Question & Answer session on the NHS and Social care.

On Tuesday Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary will give his keynote address to the Congress delegates at around 11 am.