I apply to join Usdaw. As a member of Usdaw I undertake to abide
by the rules and regulations of the Union and to pay contributions
regularly. I hereby authorise my employers for the time being, or
their representatives, to deduct from my salary or wages the amount
of contributions payable by me under the Union’s Rules, as amended
from time to time. I also authorise the deduction of any arrears
which may accrue during my employment and agree where appropriate
that my employers, or their representatives, shall notify the Union
of any future changes in my home address to enable the Union to
maintain a register of the names and proper addresses of its
members. I give my explicit consent to the processing of data under
the Data Protection Act 1998 as specified overleaf. The
responsibility for keeping payments up to date rests with the
member.
NOTICE
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
Every member of the Union who does not object to contribute to
the separate fund for payments in furtherance of political objects
within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations
(Consolidation) Act 1992, will contribute to that fund. Every
member of the Union has the right to be exempt from contributing to
it. A form of exemption notice may be obtained by or on behalf of
any member either by application at, or by post from, the Central
Office or any branch office of the Union. Copies may also be
obtained on request from the Certification Office for Trade Union’s
and Employer’s Associations. Such form, when filled in, should be
handed or sent to the secretary of the branch to which the member
belongs. An exemption notice given within one month after the date
on which a new member is admitted to the Union will take effect as
from the date on which it is given. Should a notice be given AFTER
one month from that date it will operate as from the following 1st
January.
Data Protection Act Notice
Usdaw collects and maintains personal information in order to
carry out its functions as a trade union, provide membership
services and comply with certain statutory obligations. All
personal information is treated with the utmost confidentiality and
with appropriate levels of security. By joining Usdaw you agree
that we may use the information about you which we hold on our
records for the purposes of the union's business as set out below;
this is called processing and includes what is classed as sensitive
personal information on such as the fact that you are a trade union
member. The personal data will be used for a range of union-based
activities relating to the running of the union, including the
maintenance of records, monitoring for equal opportunity purposes,
assisting with employment disputes, ballots, injury claims, etc and
other services and benefits. All information (updated as
appropriate) will be kept throughout membership and, to the extent
necessary, for such reasonable period after membership as may be
necessary to enable the member to access any post-membership
benefits. It will be available to our employees, officers and
officials, both at Headquarters and branch regional offices and
other associations all associated with the union, including agents,
contractors and other service providers. Where, occasionally, the
union uses the services of such organisations, they are
contractually obliged to process your data on behalf of the union
as data processor and in a secure and confidential manner under our
strict instructions. From time to time we may wish to use the
information together with any other for analysis and/or marketing
purposes. In particular, this may benefit you as the union can use
its collective bargaining strength to negotiate attractive terms
and the provision of a wide range of additional member benefits and
to contact you with details of any that we feel may be of
particular interest. Members have the right to object to and stop
direct marketing in any form by organisations contacting them on
behalf of the union. If they wish to exercise their right to object
to stop such direct marketing then they should write to Central
Treasurer requesting that such mailings be stopped, or
alternatively, write to the organisation in question direct.
Please, however, understand that this may preclude you from
receiving details of any of these additional member benefits and
offers in the future. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you also
have the right to ask for a copy of your information (for which a
small fee can be charged of £10) and to request correction of any
incorrect information held.
This notice will be amended from time to time and will be
regularly published by the union in Arena, Network and the Usdaw
website.
Usdaw website
The Usdaw website uses
tracking and cookies to ensure a better user experience.
Cookies are small
pieces of information that are stored, by your browser, on your
computer.
A cookie does NOT give
us access to your computer or any information about you, other than
the data you choose to share with us.
The information
collected may be analysed to help us understand more about how the
website is used by our visitors, and may be used by us to develop
and enhance our website and services.
You can choose to
accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept
cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline
cookies if you prefer.
Please note that
certain features of the Usdaw website will not be available once
cookies are disabled. To ensure visitors get the best from our
website, we advise that users keep cookies active on their machine
whilst visiting our website.
We have added videos
and photo galleries to our website, which are stored on external
sites e.g. YouTube and Flickr who also use cookies to generate a
better user experience. If you have a YouTube or Flickr account you
may find that this information is used to recommend other videos
that you might be interested in. Social networking tools that are
available on the Usdaw website, e.g. Twitter and Facebook use
cookies in a similar way.
For more information
on how to manage your cookies visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
Usdaw are currently
conducting a cookie audit which will be available online
shortly.
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guarantee exact translation. The translation should be used as a
rough guide only.
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example images / photos, logos etc.
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translations.
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