GFTU BGCM 2017

GFTU and co operation

The GFTU could work with affiliates to provide; Venues, Staging, PA systems, Lighting, Event Security, Photography, Filming, Verbatim minuting, electronic voting and so on.

NI Publishing House initiative

The Trust has agreed work with New Internationalist to establish a new international publishing house for trade unions – Workable Books. Workable Books will be launched in the autumn of 2017 and its first three publications will be a book about trade union education, a book of songs of Dave Rogers, and a book of plays about trade unions. Not only will be prpduce good reads and create a new platform for trade unionists to express themselves in book and pamphlet form, we will again provide some commission to the Trust.

TSSA Print and Despatch Unit

TSSA relocated their Print and Despatch Unit from London to Derby several years ago and they are very effective at managing print orders and despatching resources to branch activists and regional offices. Quorn Grange Hotel and the GFTU have been using this facilities for a while now and can attest to their effectiveness, we are therefore currently exploring how we can offer a one-stop shop for;

Design

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Print

Merchandising

Fulfilment and Despatch And potentially work together to establish a cost effective facility for all affiliates.

Credit Union

Several Affiliates already run their own Credit Union’s for members, this could be extended to a broader audience and discussion are still ongoing.

Personnel and HR Management

Trade Union’s should be at the vanguard of employment practice and some GFTU affiliates have in-house Personnel and HR Management arrangements while other’s contract out these arrangements, we could either pool these arrangements or provide facilities under an outsourcing arrangement. We have created a forum for HR managers to come together.

Display graphics through Blue Creation

The GFTU use Blue Creation to design, provide and manage their Exhibition Stands and they are happy to work with affiliated Unions too, offering a

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