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Membership
Services Membership steady but we all must recruit to keep us strong After an increase of 700 last year, membership has levelled out this year. But in a climate where change is constant and services are controlled by budget demands we should be increasing membership. The increase in Associated Bodies and decrease in the Finance Department are due to the transfer of the IT services to BT. The decrease in Corporate Services is largely due to the reduction in catering and cleaning staff. Housing's drop is partly explained by vacancies and slow turnover. We must all get into the habit of approaching new employees and existing non-union staff to join. Ask them if they are aware who negotiates their pay rises, their working hours, their leave provisions, their safety at work etc etc and are they aware it costs money to provide a union organisation which is effective. We will go anywhere at any time to discuss membership. If you want us to attend your workplace contact the branch office. While representing members will always be the main role of the union, members do get many other benefits. Discount on mortgages, all types of insurance, holidays, legal and other services (see Members Benefits) are just some of the offers open to members. If you know any company or service provider who may wish to consider offering discount to union members please advise us at the Branch Office. The most important thing in the next year is that we all accept a responsibility to bring more members unto the union.The more members we have, the stronger we are in negotiations and protecting individual members. TOM McLEOD at 31 December 2001
Recruited 1/1/01 - 31/12/01 = 693 Officially resigned = 83 * See notes in the report on above. |
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Proportionality is slowly progressing with improvements in many areas but slippage in others. The figures still demonstrate the need to encourage more women members - and more young members to take an active part in their union. The branch is commissioning a study to give us more ideas how to achieve this. The figures are clouded by the department breakdown, eg places left vacant if there is no woman and a two delegate dept meets proportionality by having 50%. Figures in brackets show 2000 figures 1. Women
2. Branch Committee breakdown Women, Manual & Craft and APT&C (and CO) breakdown at 31/12/01. a) Women on dept. delegations
b) Manual/Craft on dept. delegations
c) Manual & Craft breakdown % of Branch Membership = 21% (24%) % of Branch Committee = 15% (13%) (Conditions drift should be noted with Manual jobs being regraded to APT&C) d) Women on Manual/Craft delegations % of Women in MC membership = 61% (61%) % of Women among Manual & Craft delegates to Branch Committee = 50% (6%) e) APT&C (and CO) breakdown % of Branch Membership = 78% (76%) % of Branch Committee = 85% (87%) f) % Women on APT&C delegations % of Women in APT&C members = 66% (66%) % of Women among APT&C delegates to Branch Committee= 43% (37%) Conditions breakdowns show the percentages where conditions are known. There are a large number of members, especially in Associated and other bodies where the conditions category is not clear. There are members where gender is not recorded. Stewards breakdown by conditions not available. Machinery not yet in place to identify shift workers, disabled, lesbian or gay, or black members. Part time and job share figures are unreliable |