What union is for temps, and is this legal?

[Andy Bowden]

Got a job with Blue Arrow agency (in the UK) working as a temp in catering. Does anyone know which union organises there? Unite maybe?

Also, Im sure I heard in my interview for it the guy saying I was working 12 - 8 for the shifts (apart from Friday, when we'd be back earlier, as we might be going in earlier.

I left at 8 tonight, and texted to tell my rep I was confirming for tommorow and she said that today wasn't 12 - 8, that on a sales night it was "12 until it finishes". The place is in Ayr and seeing as I live in Paisley I can't stay down there well into the night, so is this legal?

[Forward Union]

It´s actually illegal for temps to go on strike or take part in indsutrial action. As your job will change regularly you can´t join a trade union, so my reccomendation is to join the IWW, which is a legally recognised industrial union.

[Joe Hill's Ghost]

Yep, IWW or form an unofficial workplace rank and file group with fellow temps. I think a combination of both is most efficient.