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Have you been/are you a member of a Trades Union?

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GrannyGravy13 Tue 08-Sept-20 13:58:13

No, I lost a job straight out of school because I refused to join the workplace union (it was in a National Newspaper office Fleet Street)

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tanith Tue 08-Sept-20 13:52:27

I've been a Union member 30+yrs i only got my ill health retirement pension because they helped me. I've been retired 15yrs but my membership has continued with no more subs as a retired member. I'd always advise people to join if they can.

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Jane10 Tue 08-Sept-20 13:42:29

I was in a union too. I thought I'd better join. I didn't gain anything from membership but then I didn't need help. Maybe more of an insurance policy really. I knew our local shop stewards but they weren't very impressive.

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grandtanteJE65 Tue 08-Sept-20 13:36:13

Our generation took it for granted that membership of a trade union was a neccessity, so we joined.

Our children and grandchildren tend to see membership as an insurance they don't need.

I have often wondered here on gransnet when people talk about difficulties at work whey they don't go to their unions, but then I wonder whether they are members of one, or not.

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Riverwalk Tue 08-Sept-20 13:32:05

I just caught the tail end of You & Yours on Radio 4 - a phone-in about returning to the work place.

A woman was complaining that she had to return to the office against her will - Winifred Robinson asked her if she was a member of a TU.

She said no but she had enquired about union membership but was told that they couldn't help her with an already existing complaint - quite right too I thought!

Why would you even think that you could get free, expensive, legal representation without paying your dues over the years?

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