Times and Venues for the Building Stronger Unions - regional briefings have now been confirmed.
Please see times, venues and details below.
If you are interested in attending any of the briefings please contact mkesterton@tuc.org.uk to book your place
The TUC are developing a series of half day
briefings for trade union Officers, Organisers and reps to help develop
understanding of the challenges unions face in building membership and
activity, and to assist in the development of effective strategies on
organising and recruitment.
Sessions will run for between two and three hours
and will feature presentations, activities and discussion.
1) DEFENDING THE RIGHT TO ORGANISE AND REPRESENT MEMBERS
This sessions is designed to help unions protect
and promote facility time and use the paid time off that reps have more
effectively. The session reflects on recent political and policy developments
and considers how unions can make the case for facility time both within and
beyond the workplace. The session will also include a demonstration of the
TUC's new on-line Facility Time campaign module.
Date: April 23
Venue: UNITE, Transport House, 29 Burleys Way, Leicester LE1 3BETime: 10.00 – 13:00
2) THE STATE OF THE UNIONS
This half day briefing draws on the latest Labour
Force Survey statistics on Trade Union Membership and Bargaining Coverage and
the Workplace Employment Relations Survey. The session will highlight some of
the key national and regional issues arising from the latest statistics and
consider the implications for unions and members.
Date: June 19
Venue: UNISON, 24 Livery Street, Birmingham, B3 2PATime: 10.00 – 13:00
3) REACHING OUT – ORGANISING NEW WORKPLACES
This half day briefing covers how unions might reach out beyond workplaces and sectors where unions have existing members and recognition. In particular, it considers how unions might use existing bargaining relationships in public and larger private sector employers to influence workers in supply chains
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