ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Reps
Use this guide to find information resources for ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ reps including books, reports and journal articles.
            Last updated:
            11/02/2025
        
    Library benefits for ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ reps
            Please mention that you are a rep when requesting the relevant service.                    
        
            ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Library and Archive services for ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ representatives                     
        
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Reps are entitled to free postal loans, please be aware you are responsible for the cost of returning the books. Reps also have extended loan periods of 8 weeks, any renewals are for 4 weeks.  
                            
        
        Library promotional resources
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A4 poster which reps can print out and display in the workplace.                                
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Key Resources
            LRD Publications: booklets- 
Labour Research Department booklets on trade union and employment relations issues. ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ reps can access for free.                                
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            ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ (2022) The stewards' handbook. London: ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ.                            
        
            ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ (2022) The stewards' pocketbook. London: ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ.                            
        
            ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ (2025) Nursing workforce standards: supporting a safe and effective nursing workforce . London: ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ.                            
        
            ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ (2015) Healthy workplace, healthy you. London: ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ.                            
        
        
            ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ (2024) State of the profession report: ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ employment survey 2023. London: ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ.                            
        
            ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ (2023) ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ position statement on menopause and you at work. London: ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ.                            
        
            ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: Raising concerns toolkit                            
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This guide is to help nurses, nursing associates, students and health care support workers based in the NHS and independent sector. It includes a decision making tree to help nursing staff and students decide whether to raise a concern and when to escalate a concern.                                
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            Nursing and Midwifery Council (2019) Raising concerns: guidance for nurses and midwives and nursing associates. (Revised edn.) London: NMC.                            
        
            Nursing and Midwifery Council and General Medical Council (2015) Openness and honesty when things go wrong: the professional duty of candour. London: GMC/NMC.
                                            
Nursing and Midwifery Council and Cygnor Medyggol Cyffredinol (2015) Gweithredu mewn ffordd agored a gonest pan fydd pethau yn mynd o le: dyletswydd broffesiynol gonestrwydd. London: CMC/NMC.
Books
            Ash A (2016) Whistle blowing and ethics in health and social care. London: Jessica Kinglsey.
            Barsky A E (2017) Conflict resolution for the helping professions: negotiation, mediation, advocacy, facilitation, and restorative justice. 3rd edn. New York: Oxford University Press.                            
            Burchill F (2014) Labour relations. 4th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
            Cotton E (2017) Surviving work in healthcare: helpful stuff for people on the frontline. London: Routledge.                            
            Johnstone S and Ackers P (2015) Finding a voice at work? new perspectives on employment relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
            Mitchell B and Gamlem C (2015) The essential workplace conflict handbook: a quick and handy resource for any manager, team leader, HR professional, or anyone who wants to resolve disputes and increase productivity. Pompton Plains, NJ: Career Press.                            
            Rowell O (2020) A guide to employment law: the Easyway. Brighton: Straightforward Publishing.                            
            Simms M, Holgate J and Heery E (2013) Union voices: tactics and tensions in UK organizing. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.                            
            Trades Union Congress (2017) Facility time: a TUC guide to defending the right to represent members. London: TUC.                            
        
            Trades Union Congress (2019) Pocket guide to organising and campaigning. London: TUC.                            
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                                            Journal articles
            Use these links to see details of journal articles on each topic.
                            Journals
            Journals of interest for ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ reps.                            
        
            ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ reps can access these specialist journals from LRD Publications for free.                            
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Labour Research is a UK monthly that keeps you right on top of what's happening in the unions - from how they're responding to the impact of government policy on unions and working people to union initiatives on recruitment and growth.                                
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Workplace Report covers the latest developments in pay and conditions, best practice and news on pay deals. Its centre section provides a unique update on case law developments in two areas of employment law each month.                                 
 
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            ACAS (The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service)
                            
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Information on rights at work. The ‘Advice and Guidance’ section includes an advice A-Z and ACAS Helpline for England, Scotland and Wales.                                
 
            Equality and Human Rights Commission                            
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The Commission has responsibility for the promotion and enforcement of equality and non-discrimination laws in England, Scotland and Wales.                                
 
            Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
                            
        
            Labour Relations Agency (Northern Ireland)                            
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Provides an impartial and confidential employment relations service to those engaged in industry, commerce and the public services in Northern Ireland.                                
 
            NHS Employers                            
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Aims to keep employers up to date with the latest workforce thinking, the information on this site is also useful for reps.                                
 
            TUC150: 150 years of changing the world of work for good                            
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The Trades Union Congress presents a set of trade union stories from the past 150 years, snapshots of trade unionists.                                
 
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