WO toolkit 2012 complete.pdf - GMB
WO toolkit 2012 complete.pdf - GMB
WO toolkit 2012 complete.pdf - GMB
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SECTION 3.1<br />
REPRESENTING YOUR MEMBERS<br />
COLLECTIVELY<br />
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING<br />
BARGAINING TO ORGANISE<br />
Bargaining to Organise means making sure we see recruitment,representation and retention of<br />
members not as separate activities,but the three essential parts of good workplace organisation.We<br />
shouldn’t‘sell’<strong>GMB</strong> like a product but use <strong>GMB</strong> pay talks,grievances and negotiations with<br />
management to build <strong>GMB</strong>.<br />
Our members look to <strong>GMB</strong> to protect the pay and terms and conditions of work they have and then to<br />
improve them.This is done by being as strong in members and in organisation as <strong>GMB</strong> can be in every<br />
workplace.<br />
Recruiting new <strong>GMB</strong> members builds <strong>GMB</strong> which supports <strong>GMB</strong> bargaining and negotiations.In turn,<br />
<strong>GMB</strong>’s bargaining and negotiations support <strong>GMB</strong>’s efforts to recruit,organise and build <strong>GMB</strong> further.<br />
Bargaining to Organise involves a number of key elements which you should adopt at work:<br />
• Every agreement with management should be put to a ballot of members,with non members<br />
getting a vote if they join.<br />
• Letting everyone affected by negotiations know the union’s position and keeping them updated.<br />
Making sure every part of your workplace and every group of workers is covered by a <strong>GMB</strong><br />
Workplace Organiser.<br />
• Making sure high profile‘members only’meetings are held at work but making sure non members<br />
are invited to come along and join‘at the door’.<br />
• Asking for volunteers from <strong>GMB</strong> members to update noticeboards and distribute <strong>GMB</strong> information<br />
on the negotiations where they work.<br />
• Making sure the results of successful disciplinary and grievance hearings are publicised widely.<br />
• If necessary,slowing down negotiations with management to make sure the greatest possible<br />
numbers of members are involved in supporting the <strong>GMB</strong>’s position.<br />
• Looking for every and any opportunity to build the union through our bargaining and representing<br />
of members,including surveys,mass meetings and one to one discussions.<br />
• Making sure that at all times <strong>GMB</strong> has a claim on the table for discussion with the employer and<br />
making sure <strong>GMB</strong> sets the agenda where you work not the employer.