Staff Unions....

[Wilmslow]

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[BrilloPad]

Are any of your colleagues in a union? Perhaps they can recommend one.

[MarillionFan]

Now I am destoned to a life of permiedoom, may as well do the permie thing properly.......

Thinking about joining a union - are there any actually worth signing up with?

For the sake of a couple of quid a week, seem to make sense to have the legal protection if ever needed at any point........

Is he havin a laff.

You're asking contractors about joining a union!?!?!?

This sockie has gone too far.

[Wilmslow]

Are any of your colleagues in a union? Perhaps they can recommend one.

Nope, nobody.

Officially the business I am in is Retail pointing to USDAW, although this does sound a little bonkers!

[BrilloPad]

Nope, nobody.

Officially the business I am in is Retail pointing to USDAW, although this does sound a little bonkers!

Then you might be on dodgy ground. Management might see you as a trouble maker?

Are there any staff forums for discussion of issues with management? I work at a large IB and as far as I know there are no union members. But they do have a staff forum for issue discussion.Not that contractors are invited to participate.

[BrilloPad]

This sockie has gone too far.

I always believed he was a sockie until he turned up at an official meet up.

[MarillionFan]

I always believed he was a sockie until he turned up at an official meet up.

Interesting. I've never heard you went to that 'meet up'.

[BrilloPad]

Interesting. I've never heard you went to that 'meet up'.

I went in disguise.

[MarillionFan]

I went in disguise.

This boards got more sockies than a christmas sale at sockshop

[Old Greg]

Now I am destoned to a life of permiedoom, may as well do the permie thing properly.......

Thinking about joining a union - are there any actually worth signing up with?

For the sake of a couple of quid a week, seem to make sense to have the legal protection if ever needed at any point........

USDAW would be best if you are a shop worker. If you are working in a professional / management capacity, try Prospect. From wiki:

Prospect is a United Kingdom trade union which represents engineers, managers, scientists and other specialists in both the public and private sectors. It was formed on 1 November 2001 by the merger of the trade unions the Institution of Professionals Managers and Specialists (IPMS) and the Engineers and Managers Association (EMA). In 2009, Prospect endorsed a transfer of engagements from the Connect union, the union for managers in the communications sector, which became a part of Prospect on 1 January 2010.
As of 2010 it has 120,000 members, the president is Nigel Titchen and its General Secretary since 2001 is Paul Noon.
It covers staff across the UK from its regional offices in Edinburgh, Douglas, Liverpool, Lutterworth, Cardiff, Bristol, Chertsey, London and Doncaster.