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title: "Trade Unions & Shop Stewards"
space: "Industrial Relations Documentation"
url: "http://www.buff0k.co.za/ir-docs/trade-unions-shop-stewards"
updated: "2026-08-17"
---

# Trade Unions & Shop Stewards

A **Trade Union** record holds the union's recognition agreement, its officials, and its recognised Companies - and, crucially, its list of **Union Shop Stewards** (linked Employees).

## Why this matters elsewhere in the app

Every Disciplinary Action creation alert checks whether the accused employee is a listed Shop Steward for any Trade Union, and says so explicitly in the email - shop-steward status often carries specific procedural rights during a disciplinary process, so surfacing it immediately (rather than requiring someone to check separately) is deliberate.

The **Trade Union Membership** report lists employees by union, filterable by Company and Branch - useful for confirming recognition thresholds or reporting on union density at a site.

Next: **Employee Induction Records & Expiry Notifications**.