Trades Union Congress
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| Trades Union Congress | |
| Founded | 1868 |
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| Members | Approx 6.5 million (2006) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Affiliation | ITUC |
| Key people | Alison Shepherd, President Brendan Barber, General Secretary |
| Office location | Congress House, London |
| Website | ww.tuc.org.uk |
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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of labour unions. There are sixty five affiliated unions with a total of about seven million members.
The TUC's decision-making body is the annual Congress, which takes place in September. Between Congresses decisions are made by the General Council, which meets every two months. The Executive Committee is elected by the Council from its members. The leader of the TUC is the General Secretary, currently Brendan Barber.
The United Kingdom Alliance of Organised Trades, founded in Sheffield, Yorkshire, in 1866, was the forerunner of the TUC (though efforts to expand local unions into regional or national organisations date back at least forty years earlier; in 1822, John Gast formed a 'Committee of the Useful Classes', sometimes described as an early national trades council).
Arising out of the 1897 Congress, a decision was taken to form a more centralised trade union structure that would enable a more militant approach to be taken to fighting the employer and even achieving the socialist transformation of society. The result was the General Federation of Trade Unions which was formed in 1899.
In early 1975 the TUC issued an invitation to Alexander Shelepin, the former Soviet KGB Chief, to visit Britain. This sparked a debate in the House of Commons during which Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Julian Amery stated that "more and more people are beginning to look upon the TUC as a Communist-penetrated show and this invitation must strengthen that view." Amery was a member of the Monday Club, which at the time was itself widely accused of having been penetrated by the National Front.
The leading member unions of the TUC formed and still largely fund the British Labour Party, but there is no formal link between the TUC and the party.
[edit] List of members
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- The Abbey National Group Union (ANGU) [1]
- ACCORD [2]
- Alliance and Leicester Group Union of Staff (ALGUS) [3]
- AMICUS [4]
- Aspect (Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts) [formerly National Association of Educational Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants (NAEIAC)]
- Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) [5]
- Association for College Management (ACM) [6]
- Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP) [7]
- Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) [8]
- Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) [9]
[edit] B
- Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) [10]
- Britannia Staff Union (BSU) [11]
- British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA) [12]
- British Association of Colliery Management - Technical, Energy and Administrative Management (BACM-TEAM) [13]
- British Dietetic Association (BDA) [14]
- British and Irish Orthoptic Society (BOS) [15]
- Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) [16]
[edit] C
- Card Setting Machine Tenters Society (CSMTS)
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) [17]
- Communication Workers Union (CWU) [18]
- Community [19]
- Community and District Nursing Association (CDNA) [20]
- The Community and Youth Workers' Union (CYWU) [21]
- Connect [22]
[edit] D
- Derbyshire Group Staff Union
- Diageo Staff Association
[edit] E
- Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) [23]
- Engineering and Fastener Trade Union (EFTU)
- EQUITY [24]
[edit] F
- FDA [25]
- Fire Brigades Union (FBU) [26]
[edit] G
[edit] H
[edit] M
- Musicians' Union (MU) [29]
[edit] N
- NAPO [30]
- National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS)
- National Association of Co-operative Officials (NACO)
- National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) [31]
- National Union of Domestic Appliances and General Operatives (NUDAGO)
- National Union of Journalists (NUJ) [32]
- National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers (NUMAST) [33]
- National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
- National Union of Teachers (NUT) [34]
- Nationwide Group Staff Union (NGSU) [35]
[edit] P
- Prison Officers Association (POA) [36]
- Professional Footballers Association (PFA) [37]
- Prospect [38]
- Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) [39]
[edit] R
[edit] S
- Sheffield Wool Shear Workers Union (SWSWU)
- SKISA (Skipton Staff Association)
- Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (SCP) [41]
- Society of Radiographers (SoR) [42]
[edit] T
[edit] U
- UBAC (Union for Bradford and Bingley Staff and Staff in Associated Companies)
- Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC)
- Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT) [45]
- Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) [46]
- UNISON [47]
- United Road Transport Union (URTU)
- Unity (ceramics industry workers, formerly CATU)
- University and College Union (UCU)
[edit] W
- The Writers' Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) [48]
[edit] Y
- Yorkshire Independent Staff Association (YISA)
[edit] See also
- List of trade unions
- General Secretary of the TUC
- President of the Trades Union Congress
- List of federations of trade unions
- General Federation of Trade Unions (UK)
- Scottish Trades Union Congress
- Irish Congress of Trade Unions
- Labour Research Department
- Workers Beer Company
