Prospect (trade union)

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Prospect
Prospect
Founded1 November 2001
Headquarters100 Rochester Row, London, SW1P 1JP
Location
Members
Increase2.svg 154,715 (2022) [1]
Key people
Mike Clancy (Gen Sec)
Affiliations TUC, ICTU, STUC, PSI, ETF, ITF, IFATSEA, CSEU
Website prospect.org.uk

Prospect is a United Kingdom trade union which represents engineers, managers, scientists and other specialists in both the public and private sectors.

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History

The union was formed on 1 November 2001 by the merger of the Institution of Professionals Managers and Specialists and the Engineers and Managers Association. In 2009, Prospect endorsed a transfer of engagements from the Connect union, the union for managers in the communications sector, which became a part of Prospect on 1 January 2010. [2] It was announced on 30 August 2016 that Bectu members had overwhelmingly voted Yes to a merger with Prospect which took place on 1 January 2017. [3]

Membership

Prospect members work in engineering, communications/utilities, the civil service, museums and galleries, in a range of public and private organisations including the Met Office, [4] Health and Safety Executive, [5] Trinity House, [6] Babcock, [7] BT Group [8] and the National Trust. [9]

Skills

With a largely professional membership, the union has placed a strong emphasis on developing skills and opportunities for career progression. To this end it launched a standalone website called Careersmart in 2014 which provides information and podcasts on a range of subjects from career appraisals and CV writing to mentoring and pensions. Careersmart followed the 2013 launch of Prospect's Apprenticeship App for mobile devices which saw 12,000 downloads in the first year. [10] In 2015 Prospect launched a Gatsby Charitable Foundation-funded project, known as RegTech, to register workplace technicians. [11] [12]

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References

  1. "Prospect Annual Report 2022". Prospect. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. Neela Bettridge and Philip Whiteley, New Normal, Radical Shift, p.51
  3. "Prospect and BECTU unions to merge on 1 January" (Press release). Prospect. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. "Met Office braced for strikes as pay storm gathers". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  5. "Prospect union members vote to strike on UK budget day". The Guardian. 2023-02-27. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  6. "Trinity House staff go on strike in Harwich over pay dispute". Harwich and Manningtree Standard. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  7. "CAC Outcome: Prospect & Babcock Mission Critical Services - Offshore". GOV.UK. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  8. "BT union respite may be short-lived, warn analysts". Proactiveinvestors UK. 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  9. Prospect Having your voice heard from the North Lakes
  10. Prospect to launch new careers and skills website for professionals Prospect, 13 May 2014
  11. "Careersmart: RegTech - Raising the status of Technicians". Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  12. The benefits of mentoring in workplace and beyond Unionlearn, 25 March 2015