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Trade union membership
Your rights to belong to a trade union.
Information and advice from other websites
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Trade union membership
If your employer deals with trade unions, you may be represented in your workplace by colleagues who are trade union representatives. You may even wish to become a representative and talk to your employer on behalf of your colleagues.
From: Directgov
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Enforcing your rights at the workplace
Explains what steps to take to get your employer to give you your legal rights. Covers how to raise an issue with your employer, explains how a union can help, and your right to join a union.
From: WorkSMART - TUC
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Britain's unions
Information about unions and the benefit of being a member, and how you find the right union for you.
From: Trade Union Congress
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Representation - Q&As;
Explains about trade unions, includes information on recognition, time off rights, and trade union learning representatives.
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Trade Unions
Includes links to pages explaining your right to join, or not to join a union, how the law can protect you if your rights are flouted, time off fro trade union activities, industrial action, and trade union subscriptions.
From: Directgov
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Trade union recognition
When a trade union and an employer agree to bargain about employment terms and conditions, the employer is said to ?recognise? the trade union. Find out what it means if your workplace has a recognised trade union, and how to gain recognition if it doesn't.
From: Directgov
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