The key to unionising your colleagues is understanding your workplace – knowing what issues impact them the most and how a union would be able to help.
So if you work in a factory, your colleagues may be concerned about health and safety. If you work for a larger organisation, your colleagues may be more focused on contract renegotiations. Have redundancies been discussed in your workplace? Have your conditions been changed from when you started? These are all things it is good to understand in order to get the best out of a union in your workplace.
Sometimes people may not decide to join a union instantly, and that’s completely fine! More often than not people prefer to go away and have a think at their own speed and will like to have something to read over as they do this.
This is why it is so important that you are fully stocked on the right union resources, be they a Community benefits guide, a poster on how unions make work safer or paper join forms. A guide to our full resource list can be found here and an order form can be found here. Remember some of our resources are available in other languages.
Anyone can join a trade union, and you don’t have to be in a recognised workplace to receive the benefits and support of union membership. However, having a recognition agreement allows a union to bargain on behalf of employees on things like pay and terms and conditions. It can also make the union stronger in the workplace as union Reps would be entitled to time off to complete their duties.
Read our full guide to recognition agreements here.
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Due to service demands it is not always possible for our advisors to reply to your query immediately. We aim to respond within 48 hours of receipt.
If your employer has invited you to a formal meeting (disciplinary, grievance or appeal) and you are seeking representation, if you have not already done so via this form, please provide us with all relevant supporting information including any notes/minutes from any investigation process and your email/letter of invitation, which should include full details of when and where the meeting is due to take place.
Please note that representation is not provided for investigation meetings.
If you have any further queries, please contact our Service Centre Department on 0800 389 6332 or at servicecentre@community-tu.org.
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