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Unite is Britain's biggest union with two million members in every type of workplace. Unite was formed by a merger between two of Britain's' leading unions, the T&G and Amicus.
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Unite offers representation and advice at work. Members may face work problems that need to be resolves, or have a grievance to bring against employers. UNITE workplace reps and/or full-time Regional Officers provide members with advice and support and have access to an array of resources. Reps are trained in workplace issues and have a great deal of individual expertise and experience.
There is a section for our sector here on the national Unite website. Anyone in the IT industry can join Unite regardless of grade, job, contract type or length of service.
A membership form is available here, with the subs rates listed at the bottom of this page - less than £11 a month, |
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2009 subs rates (from September, the first increase in three years)
| Weekly Rate | Four Weekly Rate | Monthly Rate | Annual Rate | |
| Full Time (members aged 18 or over who normally work 21 hrs or more/week) |
£2.53 | £10.12 | £10.96 | £131.52 |
| Part Time (members aged 18 or over who normally work less than 21 hrs/week) |
£1.15 | £4.60 | £4.98 | £59.76 |
| Members aged under 18 | £0.25 | £1.00 | £1.08 | £12.96 |
| Members in apprenticeships or full time occupational professional or government training schemes | ||||
| Students in full-time or further education) | ||||
| Retired permanently from work | ||||
| Unemployed/maternity/paternity and member prevented from working due
to ill health
(Members on sick/maternity/paternity must be in receipt of less than a full salary) |
People working at Fujitsu generally pay monthly by Direct Debit.
Every member chooses whether to be "Contracted In" or "Contracted Out". "In" means you pay into the union's "political fund" (allowing Unite to use the money to lobby parliament, etc. when campaigning for peoples rights), and "Out" means you don't. Being contracted in only costs a few pence, and we encourage people to contribute - after all, employers use every means to lobby for their interests!
The subs rates below are the Contracted In rate - members who opt out of paying into the political fund will be excused the small amount that is the contribution.
If you wish to opt-out of the political levy, then a form (pdf format) is available here.
The Political Fund is 14p weekly and 61p monthly.
Union subs represent extraordinarily good value - the free legal representation alone recovers tens of millions of pounds a year for members - almost as much as the union's entire subs income. For an overview of membership benefits, see here.
Many members pay by Direct Debit or through payroll ("checkoff") and shouldn't need to take any action. Head office should directly contact anyone who needs to take action to increase their payments.
If you are leaving Fujitsu and want to know what you can do about your membership, see here for information.
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