Organising Representative

Your union is only as strong as its members and membership numbers enable the union to act effectively on your behalf. High membership numbers mean more influence with management and for this reason it is vitally important that as many of your colleagues as possible are members of the union.

So what can you do to encourage your colleagues to join with you?

Helping the union in your workplace doesn’t have to be a huge commitment. You could help in several small ways that ensure that there is vital communication between the union and its members. You could do this by:

• Distributing union circulars
• Encouraging non-members to join
• Looking after the union notice-board
• Telling members about union policies and campaigns
• Making sure members’ views are heard
• Encouraging members to vote in ballots & elections

For a union to truly represent the interests of its members, those members have to get involved and tell the union what is important to them and what issues are affecting them in their workplace.

If you would like to influence the direction of your union, there are a number of ways to get involved:

As a Union Rep in your workplace

• As a member of the Youth Committee
• As a Health & Safety Rep
• As a Union Learning Rep
• As an Equality Rep

Or you could simply contribute by being an active member!