Top Tips - Working with other reps
- Find out who are reps, including ULRs at different levels - work, branch, region, national.
- Get to know other reps and ULRs in your workplace - organise some joint events such as a recruitment campaign.
- Publicise who you are and put up a team of reps photographs so members know whom you are and where to contact you. Ensure ULRs are included.
- Map the skills that other reps and ULRs have and where the gaps are e.g. speaking skills, negotiating skills, computer skills etc.
- Map the training that reps have and plan Unionlearn training courses they need to build up their skills and knowledge.
- Make sure you are involved with procedures at work at every stage so that you become familiar with how things are dealt with.
- Ensure you pass on information to other reps about individual or collective grievances, disciplinaries or developments so that all are aware and can plan a collective response to management and members.
- Give regular reports of what you are involved in so that other reps can suggest improvements and strategies.
- Report problems and difficulties so that others reps can help.
- Publicise union successes so that members know that reps are active.
Also look at :
Top Tips – Learning and organising getting started
Top Tips – Ensuring quality information, advice and guidance
Briefing document (300 words) issued 1 May 2007
