Contribution Rates
How much will my Unite Membership Cost?
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View Contribution rates for Republic of Ireland
Working more than 21 hours per week
Our most popular membership, includes valuable protection for both you and your family.
Working 21 hours or less per week
Our most popular membership, includes valuable protection for both you and your family.
*Please note if you join on a part time subscription rate benefits will be reduced by 50%
Earn under £25,000 or less per year
Join our Retired Member Plus membership
Community, full time education and back to work memberships
Certified apprenticeship programme employee
Unite fights for our members’ interests through political and industrial campaigning on issues affecting you – from pay, pensions, and broader workplace rights to housing, equality issues and our NHS.
If you would like to be part of this, it costs just 10p a week on top of the rates above.
Driver Care provides specially tailored cover should your driving licence be permanently revoked due to injury, disability, illness poor eye-sight or assault. Personal Accident and Assault Cover is also included. Driver Care is only £1.10 extra per week.
Is to get the best terms and conditions of service the advice and support, on any matter, you may need related to your job.
As a member of Unite you have access to a great range of benefits and services.
One of the key reasons to join Unite is access to quality legal services. We believe that the range and quality of the services provided by our solicitors is
the best available to trade union members in the UK, and most of them are free. These include:
Part of what makes Unite membership so
worthwhile is the range of benefits and services we have negotiated on our members’ behalf.
Because of Unite’s size, we are able to arrange special, exclusive terms with leading companies which helps deliver great savings for Unite members.
Indeed members who use these products and services could easily save an amount that is greater than their annual Unite subscription.
New products are continually being added to the portfolio so make sure you visit our website to see what’s available.
Working more than 21 hours per week
Our most popular membership, includes valuable protection for both you and your family.
Working 21 hours or less per week
Our most popular membership, includes valuable protection for both you and your family.
*Please note if you join on a part time subscription rate benefits will be reduced by 50%
Earn under €28,000 or less per year
Join our Retired Member Plus membership
Community, full time education and back to work memberships
Certified apprenticeship programme employee
Is to get the best terms and conditions of service the advice and support, on any matter, you may need related to your job.
As a member of Unite you have access to a great range of benefits and services.
1. You can earn more - trade union members earn, on average 10 percent more than non members.
2. You could get more holiday - unions are the people that brought you the weekend. Unite campaigns to protect your holiday entitlements.
3. You can get a better deal - Unite negotiates terms of maternity or paternity leave, pensions, and redundancy winning you more that the legal minimum.
4. You are less likely to be injured - there are 50 percent fewer accidents in unionised workplaces. Unite works to ensure employers protect employees from risks to their health and safety.
5. Support whenever you need it - Unite gives free advice, support and legal representation to all its members so they never have to face problems alone.
6. In or out of work, there is a place for you - Unite Community offers a place for all those out of work, studying or retired, meaning that you are always part of something bigger.
7. You get more - and better - training - union members are more likely to get on with better training and development. Unite has fully trained learning reps to help you update your skills.
8. You can get better compensation - last year Unite Legal Services secured tens of thousands of euros in damages for Unite members and their families.
9. Better job security - train union members are more likely to stay in their jobs longer - on average, five years more than non-members.
10. Being part of the fight for fairness - from defending our vital public services to fighting for decent homes to campaigning against discrimination.