if you really really really 'must' then join the one that your workplace already deals with...
if you have half a brain then you wont join one.
Unions were useful back in the 70's and 80's to get a lot of employment law sorted, and as such now they are useless since a business will simply push through the changes in 90days to suit their needs anyway.
british trade unions are anti progress. considering the mess this country is in, they still think a mass strike will bring a government down... PAH.. the miners strike was directly funded & organised by soviet russia to bring the british government to its knees & all it did was lose us yet another industry.....the british car industry was the largest in the world in the 60's. now look at it....
in germany, the unions actually own shares in the large companies... it serves them to sort out the workers & management, as it makes everyone more money... in the uk, it doesn't happen
Don't bother joining a union IMO a waste of time, your company will find a way of getting rid of you if you dispute any company ways.
German unions are worse than UK ones ime... AMG paid double time for a project team to 'have a holiday' in Spain to get a car finished in time for launch because the unions stopped extra work hours even with triple time offers and acceptance from the workforce!Originally Posted by mowgli
i wouldn't bother tbh, they just seem generally useless. I'm not a member of any, and it's actually written into my contract that union membership = P45. most employers just see you as a trouble making git
I've never seen the point in giving up my hard earned money to a union. Just get on with your job and dont take the piss and you will never need them.
Right this is the story,we changed company's called a tupe or something like that,co
all my contact stays the same,the thing is I was not well a week after we moved there,went into work and got a disciplinary,as they said from July to may I had been off for 10 days sick,which I had a accident at our old place,was off for 5 days,but our old work haven't told them,then I was off last week(doctor signed me off for a week)got doctors letter aswell,got in work today and they have issued me with another one,so how do I stand with this as I have got a medical condition,my old place knows about it,but again ain't passed the information on again,basically they want people working there with no health issues
That's why I was thinking of joining a union,see if they could help me out
bugger involving a union, get in touch with the citizens advice bureau(CAB) then they can refer you to an employment law solicitor for a free consultation.
ask your doctors for copy letters, ask your old HR dept for documentation too.
Doctors letters are a must but do you get sick paye, otherwise £60 a week statutory is not going to cover anything at all.
^ agreed, but bypass CAB and go straight to an employment solicitor.
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