Most people join a union because they want protection at work - help with pay and conditions of service, legal or health and safety advice or representation in case things go wrong at work. That's what we're here for. UNISON negotiates on pay and working conditions at every level - local, regional and national.

Anyone who works for Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council can join RCT UNISON. You can also join RCT UNISON if you work in Pontypridd, Rhondda or Aberdare Colleges, Careers Wales Mid Glamorgan, South Wales Fire Service, Glamorgan Engineering Consultancy or Glamorgan Archives.

Why should I join UNISON?

Are you:

• Feeling underpaid and undervalued?
  
• Being treated unfairly at work?
  
• Juggling too much work with home and other commitments?
  
• Needing health and safety guidance or legal help?
  
• Hoping to progress through education and training?
  
• Looking for special offers on a holiday, a computer or insurance?
  
• If the answer’s yes to any of these questions join now. UNISON can help you get a better deal. Request an information pack now.

What can UNISON offer me?

Together UNISON members make up Britain’s biggest trade union - almost 1.3million members working across the public services.
We have more workplace reps than any other union in the country - backed up by experienced full-time regional and national officers.

Being a UNISON member gives you a huge range of benefits, including:

• Unrivalled protection and representation at work
  
• Help with pay and conditions of service
  
• Health and safety guidance and support
  
• Confidential welfare services for you and your dependents in difficult times
  
• Excellent legal services including free help with work problems and legal support for members and their families
  
• Pensions advice
  
• A special hotline, UNISONdirect, for help and advice on workplace issues
  
• Online employment and workplace advice
  
• Education and training advice and courses, leading to vocational and professional qualifications
  
• Cash benefits for accidents and injuries at work
  
• A colour magazine sent to your home four times a year, a fortnightly newspaper for our stewards and activists and a full range of publicity
  
• Special deals on everything from computers, tax returns, holidays, mortgages, car breakdown services, insurance and credit cards
  
• Our own holiday centre for members and families at the Devon seaside

What else should I know?

Here’s four good reasons why UNISON is right for you:

No one works harder UNISON won more than £35million in injury settlement payouts for its members last year, has fought many high-profile equal pay claims around the country, and is a major influence on government policy such as the minimum wage, health care, policing and pensions.

Women represented UNISON's membership is two-thirds women - so we make sure their voices are heard throughout the union. At every level of the union, women are elected in fair proportion to their membership.

A voice for everyone UNISON makes sure everyone has a say in how the union is run, from branch member to general secretary. Our unique structure ensures top-quality help and advice is available at local, regional and national level.

Bigger and better UNISON is not only the country’s biggest trade union, it’s one of the fastest growing too. Last year UNISON recruited 148,755 new members, a staggering 407 per day. This is another step along the road to building an organising union of two million members.

UNISON successes
These are some of the bigger successes of UNISON in recent years:

UNISON has secured over £35 million in compensation to its members for personal injury settlements in the past year alone

UNISON achieved a £4 million settlement of an equal pay claim for over 1,500 school meals workers employed by the former Cleveland County Council

UNISON has made a number of submissions to the Low Pay Commission (LPC), pushing for a £5 an hour minimum wage. As a result of UNISON’s work, the LPC is now a permanent body and its scope has been widened to examine all aspects of poverty pay

UNISON was the key player in ensuring the government increased the value of the Basic State Pension in real terms for the first time in 20 years. UNISON’s delegation to the Labour Party also successfully argued for the restoration of the link to earnings

UNISON is the country's first carbon neutral trade union, thanks to its policy of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through its partnership with Future Forests and the planting of thousands of trees across the UK

UNISON has campaigned hard for increased funding for the NHS and the government is now implementing real terms increases of six per cent for the next three years

UNISON has been invited by the Home Office to join the influential Police Reform Steering Forum, developing radical proposals to improve UK policing

UNISON's helpline for members and stewards, UNISONdirect (0845 355 0845), handled some 51,800 calls last year. A year-on-year rise of 228 per cent

Why not get in touch and find out more?

contact:

UNISON office
31 - 33 Morgan Street
Park View
Pontypridd
CF37 2DS

Tel: 01443 400401
Fax: 01443 400288
e-mail rctunison@btconnect.com

Or why not Fill out the form today and we'll send you an information pack and application form.