Most UNISON branch officers, stewards and safety reps will negotiate with employers at some time. It is how you protect and promote the interests of your members and create fairness and equality at work.

These in-depth guides, along with our training courses and explanation of the process, give you the tools you need for effective negotiating and bargaining with employers.

Guides

Model agreements

Our model agreements can help you when negotiating and bargaining with managers or employers on behalf of UNISON members. (Model agreements open as Word documents.)

• Model facility time agreement
• Model appraisal procedure
• Model apprenticeship agreement
• Model annual leave agreement
• Model capability procedure
• Model disciplinary procedure
• Model grievance procedure agreement
• Model organisational change agreement
• Model pay claim
• Model recognition agreement
• Model maternity agreement
• Model fit note agreement
• Model procurement agreement
• Model equality and diversity policy
  
• Model learning agreement
• Model trans equality policy
• Model sickness absence agreement

Reports

Reports commissioned by UNISON that provide analysis in support of bargaining and negotiating activity. (Reports open as PDFs.)

• Consumer Price Indices in the UK – full report
• Consumer Price Indices in the UK – summary
• Facility time – full report
• Facility time – summary
• From pay squeeze to staffing crisis
• Impact of austerity on members
• Lifting the cap
• Outsourcing the cuts
• Pay premium
• Pay progression in the public sector