Which Union to join?

Hootie19

My husband works for a large, international, privately owned (I think!). He is a Data Centre Engineer.

I am getting bad vibes from some things that have happened to him over the last 6 months or so, and getting bad vibes from some things he's been telling me today.

I feel he really ought to be in a union, as I suspect he will be needing some representation before too much longer.

But which one to join? Is there an "IT" union? Or an "office workers" union? How do you decide which one is best?

k66yla

List of unions and what sectors they cover http://www.tuc.org.uk/tuc/unions_main.cfm

Yorkie1

He might find that only certain unions are officially recognised in his workplace

SarEl

Yorkie1 wrote: »

He might find that only certain unions are officially recognised in his workplace

It doesn't matter - and employer cannot refuse any union representative from a union to which he belongs. But if there is a recognised union then they would have better knowldege of the employer and the workplace, which can be an advantage.

Hootie19

Thank you - will browse the list in the link given by k66yla.