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Best Union to join for a Teaching Assistant?

Asking for a friend who recently started working in a high complex needs schools and needs to join a union.

Any recommendations? rough costs a month?

In school its a unison rep but has been told of GMP???

Thanks

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  • RichardD1970
    RichardD1970 Posts: 3,797 Forumite
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    If Unison is represented in the school with a Rep, I would go with them .

    Unison is a Public Sector union.

    GMB is a general union which covers any and all workers.

    Cost, for Unison, varies depending on salary, probably around £10 a month for a TA.
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