I've just moved civil service departments and my new one doesn't recognise the union I've been in for quite some years.
I've joined the one they do recognise but I'm going to keep my membership of the original one because I've really liked the way they operate and I want to continue to support them.
My question is mostly out of curiosity really - if I had a personal issue, does my new employer have to accept me having a rep from my old union given that they don't recognise that union? I don't really know how it works. Or is the "recognition" just for the purpose of collective bargaining?