UNISON Cornwall membership survey 01 October 2009

UNISON South West is writing to all members living in Cornwall to survey them about participation. We are aiming to find out how much members already know about the different ways in which they can participate in their union, and also to let them know how to get more involved.

Hopefully, the survey will enable more people to get involved in UNISON`s Self Organised Groups (SOGs) as well as help to identify people who would like to become active in their branches as an Equality Rep, Green Rep, Health & Safety Rep, Steward, Union Learning Rep, or just as a Workplace Contact.

If you are a UNISON member living in Cornwall and would like to complete the survey online, please send an email to mailto:exeter@unison.co.uk?subject=survey and we will send you a link to the web version of the survey. Clicking on the "mailto" link should open up a new email - if it doesn`t, please address it to exeter@unison.co.uk and put "survey" in the subject line.

What is Self Organisation?

A key part of UNISON’s approach to achieving equality is the organisation of groups of members who face prejudice and discrimination. UNISON has four self-organised groups – for women members, black members, disabled members, and for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) members.

Because prejudice and discrimination are deep-rooted in our society, these groups of members have traditionally been less visible in trade unions and under-represented in democratic structures. Self-organisation provides a means to address this by encouraging members to become activists. The self-organised groups work in partnership with other parts of the union to identify and promote our equality agenda.