• The General Council of the Trades Union Congress is an elected body which is responsible for carrying out the policies agreed at the annual British Trade...
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  • The General Secretary of the TUC is the chief permanent officer of the Trades Union Congress, and a major figurehead in the trade union movement in the...
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  • The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions that collectively represent most unionised workers in England...
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  • The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is the national trade union centre in Scotland. With 40 affiliated unions as of 2020, the STUC represents over...
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    It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage...
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  • as the Malayan Trades Union Council. It then changed its name to the Malayan Trades Union Congress in 1958, and then to its current name with the formation...
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  • attended the British Trades Union Congress (TUC). However, many felt that they had little impact on the British body, and the Dublin Trades Council had twice...
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  • The president of the Trades Union Congress is a prominent but largely honorary position in British trade unionism. Initially, the post of president was...
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    Alan Johnson (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    ideologically aligned with the Communist Party of Great Britain. A full-time union official from 1987, he became General Secretary of the union in 1992. Before entering...
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  • Dave Penman (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    in the National Union of Civil and Public Servants (NUCPS), and from 1992 represented it on the general council of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, the...
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  • This is a list of affiliates of the Trades Union Congress, that is, member trade unions of the Trades Union Congress. Affiliated unions were placed in...
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    Sharon Graham (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    the Trades Union Congress's Organising Academy. Graham began working[when?] as a national youth and development officer for the Transport and General...
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    Bob Crow (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    a member of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC). A self-described "communist/socialist", he was a leading figure in the No to EU –...
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    Chair of International Students House, London. She was Chief Executive of Universities UK for 14 years. Previously she was General Secretary of the Association...
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    Mick Lynch (trade unionist) (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    as the General Secretary of the UK's National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers since May 2021. Since the high-profile rail strikes of 2022-2023...
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    Margaret Bondfield (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    the Labour government of 1929–31. She had earlier become the first woman to chair the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC). Bondfield was...
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    Mark Serwotka (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    union representing British civil servants. He was President of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) for 2019. Serwotka was adopted by a Polish-born father and...
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  • Jimmy Knapp (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    served on the executive board of the International Transport Workers' Federation from 1983 to 2001, the General Council of the Trades Union Congress from 1983...
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  • John Brown (trade unionist) (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    City Council. Pugh retired at the end of 1935, and Brown was chosen as his replacement. He was also elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress...
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  • Ernest Bussey (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    London County Council. He also became active in the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), and in 1931 was elected as its General President. In 1941, the ETU's longstanding...
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  • The General Secretary of the STUC is the chief permanent officer of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, and a major figure in the trade union movement...
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    Len McCluskey (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    a British trade unionist. He was General Secretary of Unite the Union, the largest affiliate and a major donor to the Labour Party. As a young adult, he...
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  • Leonard Sharp (trade unionist) (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    as general secretary. Also in 1957, he was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress and, through this, became involved with the International...
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  • Horace Trubridge (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    elected as general secretary of the Musicians' Union, defeating Kathy Dyson. He also joined the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. On 5 February...
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  • John Bothwell (trade unionist) (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    became general secretary in 1963, and was also elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, and in 1965 to the general council of the International...
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  • William Wood (trade unionist, born 1873) (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    its president, and was also elected for two years to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. However, in 1940, he was suffering with poor health...
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  • Audrey Prime (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    Prime also became active at the Trades Union Congress (TUC), and in 1968 was elected to the General Council of the TUC, one of only two women to serve on...
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    Morris of Handsworth, OJ, DL (born 19 October 1938) is a former British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers'...
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  • Mary Quaile (category Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress)
    Union, which later became part of the Transport and General Workers' Union. She was also active at the Trades Union Congress (TUC), and served on the...
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  • Aberdeen Trades Union Council (ATUC) is the body made up of affiliated trade union branches and organisations working in the Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire...
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