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The History of trade unions in the United Kingdom covers British trade union organisation, activity, ideas, politics, and impact, from the early 19th century to the recent past. For current status see Trade unions in the United Kingdom .
A history of British trade unionism c. 1770–1990 (1992). Marsh, Arthur Ivor. Trade union handbook : a guide and directory to the structure, membership, policy, and personnel of the British trade unions (1980) online; Minkin, Lewis. The Contentious Alliance: Trade Unions and the Labour Party (1991) Pelling, Henry.
It consists of the trade union or labour union movement, as well as political parties of labour. It can be considered an instance of class conflict . In trade unions , workers campaign for higher wages, better working conditions and fair treatment from their employers, and through the implementation of labour laws , from their governments.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions that collectively represent most unionised workers in England and Wales. [1] There are 48 affiliated unions with a total of about 5.5 million members. [2] Paul Nowak is the TUC's current General Secretary, serving from January 2023. [3]
The criteria for being an independent trade union, free from employer influence and domination, are set out in the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 section 5. The body which oversees unions, and awards a certificate of independence for the purpose of collective bargaining is the Trades Union Certification Officer.
The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland—where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union [note 1] (ATGWU)—with 900,000 members (and was once the largest trade union in the world).
This was designed to ensure that courts did not interfere in union affairs. Section 6 provided a system of voluntary registration, which carried some small advantages. It also allowed union members to access the financial records of the union (now ss 28-30, Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 [3])
The National and Local Government Officers' Association was a British trade union representing mostly local government "white collar" workers. It was formed in 1905 as the National Association of Local Government Officers, and changed its full name in 1952 while retaining its widely used acronym, NALGO.