Trade Union Facilities

Branch activists must be empowered to provide information to members, educate, develop solidarity and mobilise where necessary. To do this they need time, resources and training. Good trade union facilities arrangements are a must in every branch.

NATFHE has published a guide to provide practical help for branch officers and representatives to improve their facilities and time off provisions. Strong organisation is the key to good facilities arrangements. Achieving better arrangements at any given time will involve a range of activities and tactics. An understanding of the legal position will assist in negotiations and provide a fall back position should it be necessary.

The guide Trade Union Facilities be downloaded as a pdf file or Word document, and contains the following sections:
• A framework for understanding our rights
• Facilities and Time Off Agreements
• What can we do if we don’t have a facilities agreement, or we are not happy with the one we have?
• Time off
• What other facilities should we have?
• Good practice and suggested clauses
• What does the law say about our facilities time?