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Here are 10 reasons why there has never been better time to join a union.
- Workplaces with active trade unions are associated with lower injuries and lower rates of ill-health. The best protection you can have is the expertise, guidance, and support of your trade union and their expert health and safety reps.
- Union members are likely to have a more secure job and at a time of unparalleled economic insecurity this is more important than ever. This is because workplace union representatives have your back and help you win fairer contracts.
- Union members are more likely to have better sick pay. Sick pay is vital to making sure we can isolate safely and not end up out of pocket for doing the right thing.
- As a union member you are more likely to have more control over your working hours. This is vital at a time of new and challenging ways of working, whether because of care responsibilities, changeable working hours or shifting commuting patterns.
- Workers in unionised workplaces get paid around 6.5% more than workers in similar non-unionised workplaces. After ten years of low pay and service cuts under the Tories this could be the difference between poverty pay and a living wage.
- Unionised workplaces also have smaller pay gaps meaning women are more likely to get paid the same as men for doing the same or similar work. We cannot allow this economic disruption to be an excuse to delay closing the gender pay gap.
- Unions provide access to legal advice on employment matters and can represent you at any employment tribunal. They support and represent you if you are a victim of workplace discrimination, harassment, or bullying.
- Trade unions are good for the economy as a whole – with collective bargaining associated with higher productivity. Good industrial relations, where union members and reps are properly consulted and valued, are good for everyone.
- We achieve more together than we do alone. This is bigger than us as individuals – by joining a union you support your colleagues and workers across the country. By joining a union you promote solidarity and equality. As we rebuild our economy and society, we need to ensure those that working people that have been undervalued and underpaid for far too long get a fair slice of the pie.
- Trade unions have proven their worth during this crisis. Trade unions fought for and won the furlough scheme and are fighting for every job. In retail, healthcare, catering, construction and beyond, union representatives are sorting safety measures like protective equipment, hand washing facilities and social distancing. But we can’t rest until every worker does their job in safe and fair conditions – and the more members trade unions have, the more power they’ll have when negotiating in our workplaces and with the government.
Find out which of the 11 Labour Unions you could join here
Click here to visit the TUC’s Unionfinder tool
