Workplace Report December 2010

Recruitment and organisation news

Voluntary sector

Union membership in the voluntary sector is rising because of worries over job security. The Guardian newspaper reports that union density in the sector is now 22%.

It says both the UNISON and Unite unions report an increase in recruits, partly because of public sector cuts which have a knock-on effect on the community and not-for-profit sectors.

The new members come from both professional and unqualified areas of work.