Trade Unions & New Employee Rights - What Employees Need to Know

Introduction

Trade unions continue to play a significant role in the modern workplace, supporting employees on a wide range of employment issues and influencing working conditions across many sectors.

This webinar will answer many key questions, examine current trends in trade union membership and consider the practical implications of joining a union, including whether membership is worthwhile where there is no recognition agreement and what it means for employees when industrial action is proposed.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• What is a trade union and what do they do?
• Data showing trends in trade union membership
• The role of the trade union representative and what they do
• What is meant by trade union recognition
• Is it worth joining a trade union if there is no recognition agreement between the employer and trade union?
• Industrial action - does joining a trade union mean that an employee has to join in?

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Thursday 17th December 2026

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