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Why join UNISON?
- Unrivalled
protection and representation at work from the largest public sector
union
- Help with
pay and conditions of service
- Health
and safety guidance and support
- Confidential
welfare services for you and your dependents in difficult times
- Excellent
legal services including free help with work problems and legal
support for members and their families
- Pensions
advice
- A special
hotline, UNISONdirect,
for help and advice on workplace issues
- Online
employment and workplace advice
- Education
and training advice and courses, leading to vocational and
professional qualifications
- Cash
benefits for accidents and injuries at work
- A colour
magazine sent to your home four times a year, a fortnightly
newspaper for our stewards and activists and a full range of
publicity
- Special
deals on everything from computers, tax returns, holidays,
mortgages, car breakdown services, insurance and credit cards
- Our own
holiday centre for members and families at the
Devon
seaside
Ten
good reasons - Why UNISON is right for you
With more than 1.3
million members working across the public services, including over
40,000 Police Staff, being part of UNISON means you have the full
weight of the
UK
's leading trade union behind you.
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You can earn
more
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Year on year,
UNISON wins pay rises for its members. Average earnings are around
eight per cent higher in unionised workplaces.
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You're more
likely to get equal pay
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UNISON is
campaigning to bring women's pay into line with men's. Workplaces
with union recognition are 20 per cent more likely to have an
equal opportunities policy.
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You get more
holiday
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UNISON has won
increased leave for many of its members wherever they work.
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You get more
and better training
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UNISON provides
courses to help you learn new skills, improve existing ones and
develop your career. Since 1994 UNISON has won agreements with
employers to pay for courses and provide time off for employees to
attend them.
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You get more
maternity leave or parental leave
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If you belong to
UNISON, your employer is more likely to have parental leave
policies which are more generous than the statutory minimum.
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You're less
likely to be injured at work
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UNISON health and
safety stewards are trained to minimise the risk of workplace
injuries and ensure that employers meet their legal obligations.
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If you do get
injured at work, you'll get better compensation
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UNISON wins
millions in legal compensation for people who are injured or
become ill at work. We won over £37 million in 2004 for members
and their families.
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You're less
likely to be discriminated against
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UNISON campaigns
for tougher laws to make it illegal to discriminate on the basis
of sex, race, age, disability or sexual orientation. Black and
Asian trade unionists earn 32 per cent more than non-unionised
colleagues.
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You can help
keep our public services public
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UNISON campaigns
against all forms of privatisation, including PFI and foundation
hospitals. Where our members have been transferred to the private
sector we have won them pay and employment protections.
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You're less
likely to be sacked
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Trade union
members are only half as likely to be sacked as non members.
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UNISON needs a signature from new members to confirm they accept the
rules of the union. We can't offer immediate online membership. There
are 4 options to obtain an application form to join:
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Print your own application from web site www.unison.org.uk/join/index.asp
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Request a printed application by phone on 0845
355 0845 (local rate). Opening times are
6am
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midnight
Monday-Friday and
9am-4pm
on Saturdays.
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Request a printed application form online, see
above address
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Contact Branch Office on internal lines 700
2030 / 2926 / 2251
Most people join a union because they want protection at work - help with pay and conditions of service, legal or health and safety advice or representation in case things go wrong at work. That's what we're here for. UNISON negotiates on pay and working conditions at every level - local, regional and national.
Your 1 off subscription with UNISON also offers you:
- Excellent legal services for you at work and for your family at
home.
- Education and training advice and courses leading to vocational and professional qualifications.
- A colour magazine sent to your home four times a year; a
fortnightly newspaper for representatives and a full range of publicity
material.
- Pensions advice and welfare services as well as certain guaranteed benefits.
Get in touch and find out more? Fill out the form today and we'll send you an information pack and application
form, visit the main UNISON web site.
Please remember we are unable to provide representation until you have been a member for
13 weeks - however, this does not include consultation
The 4 week rule explained..........
Many members have been fully paid subscribers of
UNISON for many years. They pay their subscriptions regularly and
rarely contact us for assistance, but we are there if we are needed.
Some new members only join when they are facing difficulties in
the workplace such as threat of
discipline, grievance or redundancy.
National UNISON rules state
that new members have had to qualify with 4 weeks of paid membership
before they are able to avail themselves of free union
legal assistance. The branch has incorporated the 4 weeks waiting rule
to include assistance at meetings with union trained branch
representatives.
This means that you
cannot access the full UNISON service until after 4 weeks have passed.
So we will be unable to provide representation for you at a
disciplinary or grievance hearing if you have only just joined!
We see too many
staff who are not members needing help when it is too late...
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