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Welcome to the ESSO website.

We have established this website to keep our union brothers and sisters of the IEA/NEA’s ESSO local informed. We will update this website on a regular basis with the latest news and information so our membership will stay current with union matters. “UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL”

“Unionism Is Not A Spectator Sport”
Unions are far more than a kind of employment insurance policy for working people. Plenty of union members and union officials have learned the hard way that when workers come to think of their union as a business that provides a service rather than a group of people banding together to fight for common interests, the union quickly loses the clout and credibility needed to defend and advance the members’ interests. When an employer looks and sees only a small handful of paid union staff or elected union leaders, and no one standing behind them, pretty soon the employer starts thinking that “THE UNION” isn’t really much to contend with. And the truth is, that’s right. If you want a STRONG, EFFECTIVE UNION, GET INVOLVED!

Unions in the workplace

Unions are bodies that represent the interests of workers in particular industries or occupations. Unions play an important role in the workplace.

Some of their key roles include being able to resolve workplace issues by being a voice for employees and acting as a bargaining representative during bargaining negotiations.

Other responsibilities of unions include ensuring employers are meeting their minimum obligations and looking into suspected breaches of:

• workplace laws
• discrimination laws
• workplace safety laws.