Assistant Organiser Role for Trade Union

[Scottishlassinlondon]

Does anyone have any experience working as an assistant organiser for a trade union?
I have recently applied for a role and it seemed to be a mix of admin tasks with also going to workplaces and trying to recruit and retain members, support queries on pay and conditions etc under direction from senior officials. It mentioned that there may be occasional weekend and evening work.

my husband thinks that this role would be very high pressure and demanding (and lots of evening and weekends working and much more than 37hours per week as stated) just looking for any advice from anyone who works in a trade union as this role looks really interesting and rewarding.

Sounds interesting. As your union would advise any if their members ... you dont have to work unpaid/non contractual hours.

In general, big unions do not make good employers, odd as that may seem. The workload can be intense and high pressured, and if you complain, you are shamed for not supporting the values of the union. They pay lip service to employment rights etc, but in practice can be quite exploitative and manipulative about working hours, workload, reasonable adjustments etc.