The TUI is proud to be part of Trade Union Week, which takes place this year between 28th April and 2nd May. This is the second year that the week is being celebrated, and it follows the major ‘Better In A Trade Union’ awareness campaign from last year that focused on the importance of trade union membership.
While we appreciate that this is a busy time of year, we urge you to mark the event in your workplace in whatever way you can!
How can your workplace celebrate Trade Union Week?
- If you are interested in organising an event for your workplace for Trade Union Week, you should seek approval for funding in advance from your local TUI branch. Branches are encouraged to support such events. For example, similar to World Teachers’ Day, members could arrange to buy cakes/confectionary for staffrooms one morning during Trade Union Week to celebrate the importance and value of the trade union movement. Should you choose to arrange an event (big or small!), please tag us on social media.
- A fitting way to celebrate Trade Union Week would be to increase union membership. In a recent RED C poll, people were asked why they hadn’t yet joined a trade union, and the most common response was, ‘Nobody ever asked me to’. Ask a colleague to join the TUI during Trade Union Week – together we are stronger! New members in their first teaching/lecturing post shall receive a refund of the subscription they pay in respect of their first twelve consecutive months of Union membership. They can sign up quickly and easily at www.tui.ie
Enjoy Trade Union Week, and we wish you all the best in the busy weeks and months ahead.