The first pieces of the Employment Rights Act come into force today, and we've already updated our clients' online join forms to reflect the fact they no longer need to opt members into their political funds. jointogether.online/post/2026-02...
The Employment Rights Act means some changes to what unions need to know when a member joins. Here's what you need to do get started:
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Future Conservative or Reform governments would immediately dismantle these new rights. Millions, particularly in smaller workplaces in the private sector, would benefit from a union. It won't be easy to do it, but the ERA makes it significantly easier. No time to lose.
The new law is also a huge opportunity for unions to modernise. It includes new rights of workplace access, including digitally, and makes online balloting legal for the first time too. Unions should hear it as a strong signal to improve their digital member experience and sort out their data.
The Employment Rights Bill is now the Employment Rights Act. There are lots of good things for workers in it, as well as many that will help them get access to unions, which will help them win further improvements in future.
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Interesting details in the draft legislation on electronic union balloting.
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Tailored/bespoke union join forms just got a lot easier.
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157,000 people in the UK and Ireland have now joined a union with @jointogether.online.
To retain more members, unions need to make it (a bit) easier to leave them. jointogether.online/post/2025-09...
Showing people their employer when they sign up to a union increases the number who do by up to 15%.
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This is today at 1pm. Sign up to hear what we and @movementhq.bsky.social are working on!
Purple background. Photo of UK union rally day with unison balloons and placards. International Workers' Day
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY 2025
Standing in solidarity with workers and trade unionists around the world today, and every day✊💜
#IWD2025 #MayDay
On #MayDay let's remember what trade unions have achieved:
😷 Sick pay
⏰ The 8hr day
🏖 Annual leave
🌤 The weekend
💷 Minimum wage
✅ Health & Safety legislation
✊ And so much more
Let’s build for even more wins for workers into the future 💪
✊ Happy May Day to all! It's a great day to join a union!
🇬🇧 UK: www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion
🇮🇪 Ireland: www.ictu.ie/join-union
🇦🇺 Australia: www.australianunions.org.au
🇨🇦 Canada: canadianlabour.ca/get-into-a-u...
🇺🇸 USA: aflcio.org/about-us/our...
🇳🇿 New Zealand: union.org.nz/find-your-un...
Come join our webinar on the 6th of May with
@jointogether.online 's @worklesshard.bsky.social
and our own Andrew Tolbert to see how unions are using digital tools to grow membership.
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We're running and event with Movement in a couple of weeks, talking about new digital tools for getting more members and improving the digital member experience. It's on May 6th at 1pm. Sign up here:
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All this, plus huge usability, accessibility and performance improvements.
You can read more about it in our latest case study: jointogether.online/post/2025-03...
Last year we worked with @neunion.bsky.social to completely overhaul their online member join. The results speak for themselves:
- a massive 60% improvement in their conversion rate
- two complicate forms combined into a single simpler one
- a dedicated upgrade path to retain more student members
80,000+ people have now joined a union using @jointogether.online tools. More on how we make joining easier for members (and the whole process smoother for unions) at: jointogether.online
We’ve updated our website to better explain how we help trade unions to get and retain more members: jointogether.online
Joining the union needs to be simple. And it needs to stay simple even when you're waiting at a bus stop in the rain, pissed off with the way your work is going and ready in the moment to make a change.
We think of joining a union as a big decision about your work, and people will get past the odd UX problem. But think about how much personal admin you put off because you can't do it in the 10 mins you had at the time on your phone. Half the time you never get around to it.
Great work by the @jointogether.online team and NEU. A laser like focus on user experience (UX) is critical if we're going to recruit and retain members to unions and grow our movement.
