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This is a list of trade unions in the United Kingdom formed under UK labour law.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 Contentious Alliance: Trade Unions and the Labour Party (1991) Pelling, Henry. A history of British trade unionism (1987). Undy, Roger, et al. Change in Trade Unions: the Development of UK Unions since the 1960s (Routledge, 2022). Wrigley, Chris, ed. British Trade Unions, 1945–1995 (Manchester UP, 1997) online; Wrigley, Chris.
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 .
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 Union Jack, in addition to being the flag of the United Kingdom, also serves as a significant symbol of UK/British unionism. In the United Kingdom, unionism is a political stance favouring the continued unity of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as one sovereign state, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Pages in category "Trade unions in the United Kingdom" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) is a national trade union centre in the United Kingdom. It has 35 affiliates with a membership of just over 214,000 and describes itself as the "federation for specialist unions".
Unite the Union, commonly known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union which was formed on 1 May 2007 by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). Along with Unison , Unite is one of the two largest trade unions in the UK, with over 1.2 million members in construction, manufacturing, transport, logistics ...