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Principles
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- UNIFI is a democratic trade union for members in the finance sector. There are a number of guiding principles which direct the organisation, and the main ones are as follows:-
- To organise members of the staffs of financial services companies.
- To improve the conditions of service and protect the interests of members by all possible ways and to maintain the highest possible standard of service given by its members to the public and the finance industry.
- To encourage the highest possible standards of professional and ethical behaviour by financial institutions and to foster good relations with employers.
- To peruse at all times a policy of equality of treatment and opportunity for all members regardless of age, colour, creed, disability, ethnic origin, marital status, nationality, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.
- To secure improvement in retirement benefits and pensions for members, their widows, widowers, partners and dependants and to promote the interests and welfare of pensioner members.
- To take legal action and provide legal assistance and advice to members on such matters arising from their employment as shall appear proper and desirable.
- To watch over all legislative measures which may affect, or tend to affect, the interests of members; to use influence with Members of Parliament, Members of the Scottish Parliament, Members of the National Assembly of Wales , Members of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly, Members of the Greater London Assembly and Members of the European Parliament; to attempt to secure the promotion, rejection or amendment of legislation affecting financial institutions and/or their employees and their dependants as circumstances may require.
- To provide benefits for members including access to educational facilities and to provide schemes and services to members.
- To make contributions to non-political or charitable bodies.
- To affiliate to the TUC, STUC and Wales TUC.
- Not to affiliate or subscribe to any political party.
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