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Annual report 2006 Annual Report Index Secretary Service Conditions Health & Safety Equalities Communications Education Lifelong Learning International Labour Link Membership Minutes of Branch Meetings			Membership and Attendances REPORT 2006 Recruitment for 2006 has been steadily maintained, achieving an average of 50 new members a month. This is encouraging, but it is my intention to get round as many sights as possible in 2007 to speak to and encourage new staff to become members of UNISON. As in any year, there are resignations, but not all resignations are due to people leaving UNISON, but are due to members retiring or moving on to other jobs. In February we were present with the T&G when the Council HR met staff to issue letters about equal pay awards. Service Conditions officers were also there to offer advice. In that week alone we recruited over 70 new UNISON members. It has been a difficult year for the Branch office to maintain records with so many departments being changed and some being consolidated in the new Services for Communities. Staff are still being "transferred" over from one department to another and some have had their duties altered without any consultation or negotiation. This also highlights the move for many to the new headquarters at Waverley Court. Although it will be a more pleasant environment for many, for others it will be a complete change in culture and some may have difficulty in adapting to open plan and restrictions placed upon them. It is important stewards encourage non members to join to ensure they are supported and treated fairly. There are several areas of concern where we should be proactive in encouraging membership. These listed below are the most contentious. 1. Single status/job evaluation: Branch Officers have been involved in negotiations to try to gain the best deal for members, but it is still a concern that some members may lose out. 2. Shared Services: This Council is committed to bidding to take on services from other authorities i.e. payroll, housing benefits etc. But there no guarantees that they will be successful and this could result in services being administered by another authority. Finally, Nancy Kelly, our new Regional Officer, will soon be involved in branch development. With the Council changing so much, the branch organisation and structure needs to be addressed. It is hoped to set up in house training for stewards again as well as encouraging them to attend TUC courses. Shop stewards work hard for their members and we need to ensure they receive the best support available. Irene Heggie Recruitment/ Membership Services Officer Membership Figures at 31 December 2006   DEPARTMENT 31/12/05 31/12/06 Var Associated Bodies 243 198 -45 Children & Families 2,179 2,454 +275 City Development 557 440 -117 Corporate Services 494 540 +46 Culture & Leisure 402 128 -274 Edinburgh Leisure 235 219 -16 Env & Consumer 287 0 Now Services for Communities Finance 382 382 - Further Education 374 336 -38 Health & Social Care 2,216 2,265 +49 Housing 651 0 Now Services for Communities Services for Communities   1,496     Valuation Joint Board 90 82 -8 Voluntary Sector 810 763 -47 Unallocated 1 0   TOTAL 8,921 9,303 +382 Student 6 8 +2 Unemployed 40 57 +17 Retired Members 802 835 +33 *Please note comparisons from last year's figures are influenced by departmental re-organisations and the centralisation of certain support functions. It is anticipated there will be further movement between departments in the coming months. Recruited 1/1/06 - 31/12/06 = 1,259 Officially Resigned = 101 Audit for proportionality and Fair Representation Proportionality is slowly progressing with improvements at Branch Officer and Branch Committee level and a really welcome rise at Stewards level which should work through to the Branch Committee at least. Most Departments are trying hard but it is difficult in a climate of an overall shortage of activists, male or female. Obviously the creation of Children & Families and Health & Social Care and the new HR and Finance arrangements have skewed the figures this year. In addition, there is conditions 'drift', ie manual posts becoming APT&C. 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 2005 figures 1. Women Branch Branch Ctte Officers Stewards 68% (67%) 53% (45%) 35% (40%) 44% (41%) 2. Branch Committee breakdown Women, Manual & Craft and APT&C (and CO) Breakdown at 31/12/06 a) Women on dept.delegations Department  Should be Actual Associated Bodies 53% (56%) 0% (0%) Children & Families 80% (80%) 60% (69%) City Development 32% (25%) 67% (0%) Corporate Services 77% (75%) 100% (0%) Culture & Leisure 35% (55%) 50% (60%) Edinburgh Leisure 45% (47%) 0% (0%) Finance  63% (63%) ) 20% (20%) Further Education 61% (60%) 0% (0%) Health & Social Care  81% (81%) 67% (67%) Services For Communities 45% (0%) 22% (0%) Valuation Joint Board 54% (51%) 50% (50%) Voluntary Sector 74% (74%) 100% (0%) b) Manual/Craft on dept. delegations Department Should be Actual Associated Bodies 24% (22%) 0% (0%) Children & Families 3% (4%) 0% (0%) City Development 5% (19%) 0% (14%) Corporate Services 48% (49%) 0% (0%) Culture & Leisure 32% (19%) 17% (29%) Edinburgh Leisure 23% (23%) 0% (0%) Env & Consumer 25% (33%) 0% (50%) Finance 0% (0%)   0% (0%) Further Education 0% (30%) 0% (0%) Health & Social Care 28% (34%) 8% (11%) Services for Communities 15% (0%) 22% (0%) Valuation Joint Board 0% (0%) 0% (0%) Voluntary Sector 4% (4%) 0% (0%) c) Manual & Craft breakdown % of Branch Membership = 16% (18%) % of Branch Committee = 8% (4%) d) Women on Manual/Craft delegate % of Women in M&C membership = 64% (66%) % of Women among M&C delegates to Branch Committee = 25% (50%) e) APT&C (and CO) breakdown % of Branch Membership = 83% (81%) % of Branch Committee = 88% (96%) f) Women on APT&C delegations % of Women in APT&C membership = 69% (68%) % of Women among APT&C delegates to Branch Committee = 52% (45%) Conditions breakdowns show the percentages where conditions are known. There are a large number of 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 2006 Name POSS ACTUAL Branch Officers Joe Galletta 10 0 John Stevenson 10 5 Matthew Creighton 10 8 Rose Jackson 10 10 George Lee 10 9 Agnes Petkevicius 10 9 Mike McCrossan 10 0 John Mulgrew* 10 2 Kevin Duguid 10 5 John Ross 10 9 Walter Weir 10 6 Elaine Wishart 10 7 Gerry Corbett 10 7 Alan Brown 10 4 Tom McLeod 10 3 Derry Morrice 10 1 Irene Heggie 10 8 Irene Stout 10 10 Dot Paterson 10 4 Gillian Allen/Mike Smith 10 0 * (attendance restricted due to college attendance) Associated Bodies (2) No delegates appointed Chief Officers (1) No delegates appointed Children & Families (11) Tom Connolly 10 4 Alex Gallagher 10 5 Lyn Williams 10 3 Evelyn Hanlon 10 10 Barbara Foubister 10 6 Carol Griffin 10 7 Beverley Holland 10 3 City Development (4) Frank Donoghue 10 7 Paul Clarke 10 7 Linda Moor 10 3 Jennifer Livingston 10 2   Corporate Services (4) No delegates appointed Culture & Leisure (4) Mike Durnan 10 2 Owen Greechan 10 2 Sheila McLuckie 10 1 Brenda Sanderson 10 1 Kenny Burns 10 0 Edinburgh Leisure (3) No delegates appointed Finance (3) Craig Wilson 10 3 Steve McDonald 10 5 Further Education (3) No delegates appointed Health & Social Care (12) Marlyn Tweedie 10 3 Mary McCrea 10 1 Catriona Grant 10 3 Vicki Kerr 10 0 Kirsten Hey 10 2 Mo Innes 10 0 Brian O'Riordan 10 3 Jim Kelly 10 1 Services for Communities (6) Caroline McLean 10 0 Pauline Lourie 10 0 Luke Henderson 10 8 Duncan Smith 10 9 Rob Gay 10 3 Valuation Joint Board (2) No delegates appointed Voluntary Sector (5) No delegates appointed Self Organised Groups Rena Lal (BMSOG) 10 0 Retired Members No delegate appointed top