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Annual report 2003 Annual Report Index Secretary Service Conditions Health & Safety Equalities Communications Education International Labour Link Membership Minutes of Branch Meetings			Membership and Attendances REPORT 2003 Most non-members have just not been asked to join For the first in several years we have shown an actual small drop in overall membership. We were down 125 last year but that was due to Career Development moving to a new branch. This year's drop of 112 (or 1.2%) is reflected mostly in the Voluntary and Community Sector which had shown a huge rise last year. It is possible the changes in this sector are due to better systems for checking members against subscriptions in the host of employers we cover. The increase in Education (a target area) is welcome as is the resurgance in Housing and Associated bodies. The slight drop in Social Work may well reflect the Council's recruitment and retention crisis in Social Work and the number of vacancies. Nevertheless, with all the issues facing us we should be increasing membership across the board. Our union is only as strong as our membership so it is everyone's job to recruit. Surveys continue to show that most non-members are only non-members because no-one asked them to join. It is not rocket science, you don't need a 'hard-sell'. In most cases it just means giving someone a form! Benefits and discounts: While representing members will always be the main role of the union, members do get many other benefits. Discount on mortgages, all types of insurance, holidays, legal and other services (click here) are just some of the offers open to members. If you know any company or service provider who may wish to consider offering discount to union members please advise us at the Branch Office. Department    31/12/2002 31/12/2003 Var Associated Bodies 241 282 +41 City Development 627 610 -17 Corporate Services 584 571 -13 Edinburgh Leisure 284 254 -30 Education  1,424 1,493 +69 Env & Consumer 331 337 +6 Finance 334 314 -20 Further Education 412 369 -43 Housing 537 568 +31 Culture & Leisure 404 411 +7 Social Work 2,849 2,811 -38 Valuation Joint Board 117 117 - Voluntary Sector 865 759 -106 Unallocated 10 11 +1 TOTAL 9,019 8,907 -112 Student  7 7 - Unemployed  31 22 -9 Retired Members  755 757 +2 Recruited  1/1/03 - 31/12/03 = 995 Officially resigned = 86 * See notes in the report above Audit for proportionality and Fair Representation Proportionality is slowly progressing with improvements at Branch Officer level, slight regression at Branch Committee and Stewards levels, but picking up from the loss of some experienced women activists in 2002. We need to encourage more women stewards. Most Departments are trying hard but it is difficult in a climate of an overall shortage of activists, male or female. The manual and craft proportions are down but it reflects changes in the status of some jobs. In the big manual & craft areas (City Dev and Env & Cons) we are hitting and exceeding targets and proportionality is up. Figures are clouded if places are left vacant if there is no woman and a two delegate dept meets proportionality by having 50%. Figures in brackets show 2002 figures 1. Women Branch            Branch Ctte    Officers   Stewards 67% (66%)       38% (42%)       31% (25%)      42% (45%) 2. Branch Committee breakdown Women, Manual & Craft and APT&C (and CO) Breakdown at 31/12/03 a)    Women on departmental delegations Department  Should be Actual Associated Bodies 55% (52%) 67% (0%) City Development 25% (24%) 19% (22%) Corporate Services 71% (74%) 50% (0%) Culture & Leisure 57% (18%) 36% (17%) Edinburgh Leisure 46% (47%) 0% (0%) Education 81% (77%) 39% (60%) Env & Consumer 27% (27%) 27% (25%) Finance  65% (67%) 33% (25%) Further Education 62% (60%) 50% (0%) Housing 49% (48%) 31% (40%) Social Work  81% (81%) 57% (50%) Voluntary Sector 72% (69%) 67% (75%) Valuation Joint Board 47% (48%) 50% (50%)   b)    Manual/Craft on dept. delegations Department Should be Actual Associated Bodies 17% (14%) No reps City Development 17% (17%) 29% (11%) Corporate Services 50% (52%) 17% (0%) Culture & Leisure 17% (34%) 18% (17%) Edinburgh Leisure 18% (34%) 0% (0%) Education 2% (4%) 0% (0%) Env & Consumer 37% (37%) 27% (25%) Finance 0% (0%)   0% (0%) Further Education 37% (42%) 25% (0%) Housing 6% (7%)  0% (0%) Social Work  27% (27%) 2% (8%) Voluntary Sector   5% (4%) 0% (0%) Valuation Joint Board 0% (0%) 0% (0%) c)     Manual & Craft breakdown % of Branch Membership = 19% (20%) % of Branch Committee = 4% (7%) d)    Women on Manual/Craft delegations % of Women in MC membership = 65% (64%) % of Women among M&C delegates to Branch Committee = 50% (25%) e)     APT&C (and CO) breakdown % of Branch Membership = 81% (79%) % of Branch Committee = 88% (92%) f)      Women on APT&C delegations % Women in APT&C members = 67% (67%) % of Women among APT&C delegates to Branch Committee = 39% (44%)   Conditions breakdowns show the percentages where conditions are known.  There are members, especially in Associated and other bodies, where the conditions category is not clear. There are members where gender is not recorded.  Stewards breakdown by conditions not available.  Machinery not yet in place to identify shift workers, disabled, lesbian or gay, or black members.  Part time and job share figures are unreliable. ATTENDANCES Branch Committee Attendances 2003   Possible Actual Branch Officers     Joe Galletta 10 1 Barbara Foubister 10 1 Matthew Creighton 10 9 John Stevenson 10 5 Mike McCrossan 10 0 John Mulgrew 10 6 George Lee 10 7 John Ross 10 10 Walter Weir 10 6 Alan Brown 10 9 Kevin Duguid 10 6 Agnes Petkevicius 10 3 Lyn Williams 10 9 Tom McLeod 10 9 Craig MacLeod 10 10 Irene Stout 10 7 Amanda Kerr 10 5 Gillian Allen 10 0 Mike Smith 10 0 Associated Bodies (3) No delegates appointed City Development (4)     Frank Donoghue 10 5 Jennifer Livingston 10 0 Alison Paterson 10 3 Kenneth Scott 10 5 Corporate Services (4)     Mary Black 10 1 Jim Fyffe 10 0 Steve McDonald 10 9 Culture & Leisure (3)     Andrew Craig 10 3 Michael Durnan 10 7 Alison Gowrie 10 7 Edinburgh Leisure (3)     Colin Blackford 10 1 Dave Knight 10 1 Education (8)     Alistair Dickson 10 0 Mike Pegg 10 6 Julie Sutherland 10 0 Env & Cons (3)     Andrew Mitchell 10 5 Carole Simpson 10 2 Finance (3)     Irene Heggie 10 7 Douglas Linton 10 2 Further Education (3) No delegates appointed Housing (4)     Duncan Smith 10 9 Social Work (14)     Barry Carbis 10 1 Kirsten Hey 10 10 Ian Hood 10 2 Mo Innes 10 0 Rose Jackson 10 8 Mark Kinghorn 10 1 Dot Paterson 10 7 Elaine Wishart 10 7 Valuation Joint Board (2)     Linda Bissett 10 0 Tom Conn 10 0 Voluntary Sector (5) No delegates appointed Self Organised Groups No delegates appointed Retired Members     George Murdoch 10 0 top