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The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is the co-ordinating body of trade unions
List of trade unions

This is a list of trade unions and union federations by country. ...
, and local Trades Council
Labour council

A labour council, trades council or industrial council is an association of trade unions or local union in a given area. Most commonly, they represent unions in a given geographical area, whether at the district, city, region, or provincial or state level....
s, in Scotland
Scotland

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. With 39 affiliated unions as of 2007, the STUC represents around 630,000 trade unionists.

The STUC is a completely separate and autonomous organisation from the Trades Union Congress
Trades Union Congress

The Trades Union Congress is a national trade union center, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade unions....
 (TUC) of Great Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
; indeed it was established in March 1897, in Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
, as a result of a political dispute with the TUC regarding political representation for the Labour movement (see Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
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The current General Secretary of the STUC is Grahame Smith.








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The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is the co-ordinating body of trade unions
List of trade unions

This is a list of trade unions and union federations by country. ...
, and local Trades Council
Labour council

A labour council, trades council or industrial council is an association of trade unions or local union in a given area. Most commonly, they represent unions in a given geographical area, whether at the district, city, region, or provincial or state level....
s, in Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. With 39 affiliated unions as of 2007, the STUC represents around 630,000 trade unionists.

The STUC is a completely separate and autonomous organisation from the Trades Union Congress
Trades Union Congress

The Trades Union Congress is a national trade union center, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade unions....
 (TUC) of Great Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
; indeed it was established in March 1897, in Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
, as a result of a political dispute with the TUC regarding political representation for the Labour movement (see Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
).

The current General Secretary of the STUC is Grahame Smith.

STUC affiliate unions

  • ACCORD
    ACCORD

    ACCORD is the trade union for HBOS workers. It has 30,000 members and is affiliated with the Trades Union Congress, the Scottish Trades Union Congress and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions....
  • Amicus
    Amicus

    Amicus was the United Kingdom's second-largest trade union, and the largest private sector union, formed by the merger of Manufacturing Science and Finance, the AEEU agreed in 2001, and two smaller unions, UNIFI and the Graphical, Paper and Media Union....
  • Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
    Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen

    The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen is the trade union representing Railroad engineer in the United Kingdom.Its current general secretary is Keith Norman....
     (ASLEF)
  • British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA)
  • British Dietetic Association
    British Dietetic Association

    The British Dietetic Association is a professional association and trade union for dieticians in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1936 and is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and the Scottish Trades Union Congress....
     (BDA)
  • British Orthoptic Society (BOS)
  • Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union
    Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union

    The Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union is a trade union in the United Kingdom. It has around 26,500 members who work in broadcasting, film, theatre, entertainment, leisure and interactive media....
     (BECTU)
  • Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
    Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

    The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy , is the professional body and trade union for physiotherapists in the United Kingdom. The Society has 47,000 members and was formed by four nurses in 1894....
     (CSP)
  • Communication Workers Union
    Communication Workers Union

    Communication Workers Union may mean:*Communication Workers Union *Communication Workers Union *Communication Workers of America...
     (CWU)
  • Community
    Community (trade union)

    Community is a British trade union representing workers in the clothing, textiles, footwear, steel and betting industries as well as workers with disabilities....
  • Community and District Nursing Association (CDNA)
  • Connect
    CONNECT

    CONNECT may stand for:* CONNECT, the Alfa Romeo 147 on-board information system.* The CONNECT request method in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol ....
  • Educational Institute of Scotland
    Educational Institute of Scotland

    The Educational Institute of Scotland is the oldest teachers' trade union in the world, having been founded in 1847 when dominies became concerned about the effect of changes to the system of education in Scotland on their professional status....
     (EIS)
  • Equity
    British Actors' Equity Association

    Equity is the trade union for actors, stage managers and Model in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1930 by a group of West End theatre performers....
  • First Division Association
    First Division Association

    The FDA is a federated United Kingdom trade union and professional association for senior civil servants and public service professionals, founded in 1919....
  • Fire Brigades Union
    Fire Brigades Union

    The Fire Brigades Union is the main trade union in the United Kingdom for Firefighters, both Wholetime , Retained Duty System , and Emergency Control Room Staff....
     (FBU)
  • GMB
    GMB

    GMB may stand for:*The GMB Union, a UK trades union*The Graduates' Memorial Building at Trinity College, Dublin*Grain Marketing Board*A Glass microballoon...
  • Graphical, Paper and Media Union
    Graphical, Paper and Media Union

    The Graphical, Paper and Media Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland between 1992 and 2005. Having been formed from the merger of SOGAT and the National Graphical Association, it claimed to be the world's largest media union, and had over 200,000 members working in the Letterpress printing, publishing, pap...
     (GPMU)
  • Musicians' Union
    Musicians' Union (UK)

    The Musicians' Union of the United Kingdom is the second largest musicians' trade union in the world. It was founded in 1893 and represents the interests of working musicians in Britain....
     (MU)
  • National Union of Marine Aviation And Shipping Transport Officers (NUMAST)
  • National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers
    National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers

    The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers is a trade union representing teachers including headteachers throughout the UK....
     (NASUWT)
  • National Union of Journalists
    National Union of Journalists

    The National Union of Journalists is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1907 and has 35,000 members....
     (NUJ)
  • National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades (KFAT)
  • National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
    National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers

    The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers is a trade union in the United Kingdom which unionises transport workers. It has more than 80,000 members, and its current general secretary is Bob Crow....
     (RMT)
  • Prison Officers Association
    Prison Officers Association

    The Prison Officers Association is a trade union in the United Kingdom "for prison, correctional and secure psychiatric workers." It currently has a membership of 33,500....
     (Scotland)
  • Prospect
    Prospect (trade union)

    Prospect is a United Kingdom trade union which represents engineers, Management, specialists and scientists in both the public and private sectors....
  • Public and Commercial Services Union
    Public and Commercial Services Union

    The Public and Commercial Services Union is the sixth largest trade union in the United Kingdom. Most of its members work in positions in Departments of the United Kingdom Government and public body, although some work in information technology for private company ....
     (PCS)
  • Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
    Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association

    Founded in 1944, the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association is Scotland's second largest teachers' union, set up to focus on secondary issues, initially as a reaction to the perception of undue influence exercised on national education issues at that time by the primary sector....
  • Scottish Society of Playwrights
    Scottish Society of Playwrights

    The Scottish Society of Playwrights is a professional member?s organisation representing theatre playwrights in Scotland. It is affiliated to the Scottish Trades Union Congress, and party to the Theatrical Management Association playwright?s agreement....
  • Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (SCP)
  • Society of Radiographers
    Society of Radiographers

    The Society of Radiographers is the professional body that represents more than 90% of the diagnostic and therapeutic Radiologic technologist in the United Kingdom....
     (SoR)
  • Transport and General Workers Union (T&G)
  • Transport Salaried Staffs' Association
    Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

    The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association is a trade union for "white collar" workers in the transport industry in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland....
     (TSSA)
  • Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians
    Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians

    The Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians is a United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland trade union which represents, as of July 2007, 125,000 workers in construction and allied trades....
     (UCATT)
  • Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
    Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers

    The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers is a trade union in the United Kingdom. It has over 359,000 members, the majority of whom are shop workers and has a reputation as one of the less militant unions, rarely organising industrial action....
     (USDAW)
  • UNISON
    UNISON

    UNISON ? the Public Service Union is the second largest trade union in the United Kingdom, with over 1.3 million members.It was formed in 1993 when three previous public sector trade unions, the National Association of Local Government Officers , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service Employees merg...
  • University and College Union
    University and College Union

    The University and College Union is a UK trade union formed from the 2006 merger of the Association of University Teachers and the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education ....
     (UCU)


See also

  • List of trade unions
    List of trade unions

    This is a list of trade unions and union federations by country. ...
  • List of federations of trade unions
    List of federations of trade unions

    This is a list of federations of trade unions. Those federations listed under each country are also known as national trade union centres and are organizations formed by trade unions which operate, in most cases, at the national level....
  • Irish Congress of Trade Unions
    Irish Congress of Trade Unions

    The Irish Congress of Trade Unions , formed in 1959 by the merger of the Irish Trade Union Congress and the Congress of Irish Unions , is a national trade union centre, the umbrella organization to which trade unions in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland affiliate....


External links

  • at Glasgow Caledonian University
    Glasgow Caledonian University

    Glasgow Caledonian University is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland.Glasgow Caledonian began in 1875 as a small college with 110 students....