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Annual report 2002 Annual Report Index Secretary President's Message Service Conditions Health & Safety Equalities Education International Affiliated Political Fund Membership Minutes of Branch Meetings			Membership REPORT 2002 Membership steady but we all must recruit to keep us strong After a small decrease last year, membership has again dropped this year, although Career Development did move to a new branch accounting for 118 of the 125. But in a climate where change is constant and services are controlled by budget demands we should be increasing membership. The decrease in Corporate Services is at least in part due to staff functions being transferred to other departments. The increase in the voluntary sector reflects the challenges many organisations have had to face in the last year. 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. Benefits and discounts 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 back page) 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. MEMBERSHIP FIGURES AT 31 DECEMBER 2002 DEPARTMENT 31/12/01 31/12/02 Variation Associated Bodies 224 241 + 17 Career Development 118   New Branch City Development 553 627 + 74 Corporate Services 747 584 - 163 Culture & Leisure 438 404 - 34 Edinburgh Leisure 264 284 + 20 Education 1,418 1,424 + 6 Env & Consumer 321 331 + 10 Finance 338 334 - 4 Further Education 434 412 - 22 Housing 559 537 - 22 Social Work 2,913 2,849 - 64 Valuation Joint Board 131 117 - 14 Voluntary Sector 680 865 + 185 Unallocated 6 10 + 4 TOTAL 9,144 9,019 - 125         Student 5 7 + 2 Unemployed 37 31 - 6 Retired Members 739 755 + 16   9,925 9,812 - 113 Recruited 1/1/02 - 31/12/02 = 673 Officially Resigned = 74 AUDIT FOR PROPORTIONALITY & FAIR REPRESENTATION 1. Women Branch Branch Ctte Officers Stewards 66% (66%) 42% (50%) 25% (35%) 45% (42%) 2. Branch Committee Breakdown a. Women on dept delegations Department Should be Actual Associated Bodies 52% (50%) No Reps City Development 24% (24%) 22% (33%) Corporate Services 74% (67%) 0 (75%) Culture & Leisure 58% (55%) 67% (100%) Edinburgh Leisure 47% (48%) 0 (0) Education 77% (77%) 60% (50%) Env & Consumer 27% (28%) 25% (0) Finance 67% (65%) 25% (50%) Further Education 60% (62%) No Reps Housing 48% (47%) 40% (50%) Social Work 81% (80%) 50% (66%) Voluntary Sector 69% (73%) 75% (75%) Valuation Joint Board 48% (48%) 50% (75%) b. Manual/Craft on dept delegations Department Should be Actual Associated Bodies 14% (18%) 0 City Development 17% (18%) 11% (33%) Corporate Services 52% (44%) 0 (25%) Culture & Leisure 18% (20%) 17% (0) Edinburgh Leisure 34% (34%) 0 (33%) Education 4% (3%) 0 (0) Env & Consumer 37% (34%) 25% (100%) Finance 0 0 Further Education 42% (82%) No Reps Housing 7% (8%) 0 (0%) Social Work 27% (27%) 8% (26%) Voluntary Sector 5% (4%) 0 (0) Valuation Joint Board 0 0 c. Manual/Craft breakdown % of Branch Membership = 20% (21%) % of Branch Committee = 7% (15%) d. Women on Manual/Craft delegations % of Women in Manual/Craft membership = 64% (61%) % of Women among Manual/Craft delegates to branch committee = 25% (50%) e. APT&C (& C.O.) breakdown % of Branch Membership = 79% (78%) % of Branch Committee = 92% (85%) f. Women on APT&C delegations % of Women in APT&C membership = 67% (66%) % of Women among APT&C delegates to branch committee = 44% (43%)   top