EC Meeting Papers January 2019

through a range of informal education methods. Motivate activists to engage and participate in delivering key Trade Union outcomes. Ensure appropriate structures are in place across each workplace/employer/sector (for example local consultative arrangements in place managed by the lay activist). Duty 7 : Design and implement effective communication strategies ensuring all members, potential members, employers and other stakeholders, are each kept informed, engaged and involved as appropriate. Duty 8 : Represent individual union members within a variety of workplace settings. Offer appropriate advice in both ad-hoc and casework situations. Provide advocacy support and representation, where appropriate. Support activists (volunteers) within your area of responsibility to do the same. Duty 9 : Act on behalf of a group of members, undertaking collective union negotiation/representation in order to either seek improvements/enhancements to workplace conditions, or to maintain an existing workplace condition, or mitigate the impact of imposed conditions. Through research, identify strategic leverage. Activity will range from securing recognition agreements to negotiating pay to redundancies. Secure formal agreements where appropriate. Lead and support activists (volunteers) within your area of responsibility to do the same. Duty 10 : Proactively identify equality issues/initiatives throughout all of their work, seek out opportunities to drive and champion the equality agenda. Encourage activists/, employers and other stakeholders to think and act accordingly. Duty 11 : Promote their own unions policy / objectives. Take active measures to both influence positive change and champion the policies. Duty 12 : Manage and prioritise own workload. Manage a range of