President of the Trades Union Congress
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The President of the Trades Union Congress is a prominent but largely honorary position in British
trade unionism.
The President is elected at the annual conference of the Trades Union Congress
(TUC). They officially fill the office for the remainder of the year and then preside over the following year's conference.
United Kingdom
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trade unionism.
The President is elected at the annual conference of the Trades Union Congress
Trades Union Congress
The Trades Union Congress is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade unions...
(TUC). They officially fill the office for the remainder of the year and then preside over the following year's conference.
List of presidents
| Year | Name | Union |
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| 1868 | Manchester and Salford Trades Council | |
| 1869 | Flint Glass Makers Friendly Society | |
| 1871 | London Working Men's Association London Working Men's Association The London Working Men's Association was an organization established in London in 1836. It was one of the foundations of Chartism. The founders were William Lovett, Francis Place and Henry Hetherington. They appealed to skilled workers rather than the mass of unskilled factory labourers... |
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| 1872 | Organised Trade Association | |
| 1873 | Leeds Trades Council | |
| 1874 | Sheffield Federated Trades Council | |
| 1875 | Liverpool Trades Council | |
| 1875 | Scottish Typographical Association | |
| 1876 | Newcastle Trades Council | |
| 1877 | Leicester Boot and Shoe Finishers | |
| 1878 | Bristol Trades Council | |
| 1879 | Edinburgh and District Trades Council | |
| 1880 | Friendly Society of Ironfounders | |
| 1881 | Operative Bricklayers' Society Operative Bricklayers' Society The Operative Bricklayers' Society was a British New Model Trade Union based in London.The society was founded in 1818 as the London Bricklayers' Society, but by 1829 had developed into a national operative union. By the 1840s the union had about 1,400 members, roughly 2% of the total number of... |
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| 1882 | Amalgamated Society of Engineers Amalgamated Society of Engineers Amalgamated Society of Engineers may refer to one of the following trade unions:* Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in the United Kingdom, known as the Amalgamated Society of Engineers from 1851 until 1920... |
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| 1883 | National Union of Boot and Shoe Riveters | |
| 1884 | Aberdeen Trades Council | |
| 1885 | Typographical Association Typographical Association The Typographical Association was a British trade union.The National Typographical Association collapsed in 1848, and delegates from across Yorkshire and Lancashire met at Angel Street in Sheffield to found the Provincial Typographical Association, intended to recreate the former Northern... |
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| 1886 | Typographical Association Typographical Association The Typographical Association was a British trade union.The National Typographical Association collapsed in 1848, and delegates from across Yorkshire and Lancashire met at Angel Street in Sheffield to found the Provincial Typographical Association, intended to recreate the former Northern... |
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| 1887 | Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners was a New Model Trade Union in the 1860s in the United Kingdom, representing carpenters and joiners.... |
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| 1888 | Yorkshire United Skip, Basket and Hamper Makers Society | |
| 1889 | Dundee Trades Council | |
| 1890 | Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners was a New Model Trade Union in the 1860s in the United Kingdom, representing carpenters and joiners.... |
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| 1891 | Northumberland Miners' Association Northumberland Miners' Association The Northumberland Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1864 to represent coal miners in Northumberland, following the collapse of a short-live union covering both Northumberland and Durham miners... |
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| 1892 | British Steel Smelters Association | |
| 1893 | Typographical Association Typographical Association The Typographical Association was a British trade union.The National Typographical Association collapsed in 1848, and delegates from across Yorkshire and Lancashire met at Angel Street in Sheffield to found the Provincial Typographical Association, intended to recreate the former Northern... |
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| 1894 | Amalagamated Society of Engineers | |
| 1895 | Associated Shipwrights' Society | |
| 1896 | Edinburgh Trades Council | |
| 1897 | Tinplate Workers Union | |
| 1898 | Amalgamated Union of Cabinet Makers | |
| 1899 | Typographical Association Typographical Association The Typographical Association was a British trade union.The National Typographical Association collapsed in 1848, and delegates from across Yorkshire and Lancashire met at Angel Street in Sheffield to found the Provincial Typographical Association, intended to recreate the former Northern... |
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| 1900 | National Amalgamated Society of House and Ship Painters | |
| 1901 | London Society of Compositors | |
| 1902 | River Thames Barge Builders Trades Union | |
| 1903 | National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives The National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1873, when many riveters and finishers left the Amalgamated Association of Boot and Shoemakers . They were dissatisfied by their low status within the old union, and instead formed the... |
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| 1904 | Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants was a trade union of railway workers in the United Kingdom from 1872 until 1913.The ASRS was an industrial union founded in 1871 with the support of the Liberal MP Michael Bass. Its early years were difficult... |
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| 1905 | National Union of Dock Labourers National Union of Dock Labourers The National Union of Dock Labourers was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was formed in Glasgow in 1889 but moved its headquarters to Liverpool within a few years and was thereafter most closely associated with Merseyside... |
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| 1906 | United Society of Boilermakers | |
| 1907 | Bolton Cotton Spinners Association | |
| 1908 | Textile Factory Workers Association | |
| 1909 | Textile Factory Workers Association | |
| 1910 | Miners Federation of Great Britain | |
| 1911 | Operative Cotton Spinners Association | |
| 1912 | National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers | |
| 1913 | Amalgamated Society of Brassworkers | |
| 1915 | National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks | |
| 1916 | National Transport Workers Federation | |
| 1917 | United Society of Boilermakers | |
| 1918 | Northern Counties Amalgamated Association of Weavers | |
| 1919 | Postmen's Federation | |
| 1920 | National Union of Railwaymen National Union of Railwaymen The National Union of Railwaymen was a trade union of railway workers in the United Kingdom. It an industrial union founded in 1913 by the merger of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants , the United Pointsmen and Signalmen's Society and the General Railway Workers' Union .The NUR... |
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| 1921 | National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives The National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1873, when many riveters and finishers left the Amalgamated Association of Boot and Shoemakers . They were dissatisfied by their low status within the old union, and instead formed the... |
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| 1922 | National Union of Agricultural Workers | |
| 1923 | Musicians Union | |
| 1924 | Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association | |
| 1925 | Amalgamated Engineering Union | |
| 1926 | Iron and Steel Trades Confederation Iron and Steel Trades Confederation The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation was a British trade union for metal-workers and allied groups. It was formed on 1 January 1917 as a merger of existing steel-workers' unions and it is now part of Community.- History :... |
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| 1927 | Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers The Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers was a British trade union.The AUBTW was founded in 1921 when the Operative Society of Masons, Quarrymen and Allied Trades of England and Wales, the Operative Bricklayers' Society and the Manchester Unity of Operative Bricklayers' Society merged... |
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| 1928 | General Union of Textile Workers | |
| 1929 | Transport and General Workers Union | |
| 1930 | Transport and General Workers Union | |
| 1931 | National Union of General and Municipal Workers | |
| 1932 | 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 railway workers in Great Britain who are train drivers or in the line of promotion to train driver.... |
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| 1933 | Railway Clerks' 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... |
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| 1934 | National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers The National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded as the Tailors and Garment Workers' Union in 1920 with the merger of the Scottish Operative Tailors and Tailoresses' Association and the United Garment Workers' Union... |
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| 1935 | National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades The National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades was a trade union in Britain and Ireland.The union was founded in Sheffield in 1910 as the Amalgamated Society of Gold, Silver and Kindred Trades, merging several local societies both in Sheffield and Dublin... |
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| 1936 | United Patternmakers Association United Patternmakers Association The United Patternmakers Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The association was founded in 1872 to represent skilled patternmakers in England, following a strike by patternmakers based around the River Tyne and River Wear for a nine hour day... |
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| 1937 | Transport and General Workers Union | |
| 1938 | National Union of Clerks and Administrative Workers | |
| 1939 | 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. Consisting of over 405,000 members, USDAW is the UK's fourth largest and fastest growing trade union. Membership has increased by more than 17% in the last five years and by nearly a third in the last decade... |
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| 1940 | National Union of Agricultural Workers | |
| 1941 | Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers Union Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers Union The Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was established as the National Asylum Workers' Union in 1910 by asylum attendants in Lancashire... |
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| 1942 | Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers The Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers was a British trades union representing carpenters, joiners and allied trades. The ASW was formed in 1921 by the amalgamation of two smaller unions... |
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| 1943 | National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers The National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded as the Tailors and Garment Workers' Union in 1920 with the merger of the Scottish Operative Tailors and Tailoresses' Association and the United Garment Workers' Union... |
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| 1944 | Miners Federation of Great Britain | |
| 1945 | National Union of Mineworkers | |
| 1946 | National Union of General and Municipal Workers | |
| 1947 | Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen | |
| 1948 | Transport and General Workers Union | |
| 1949 | National Union of Mineworkers | |
| 1950 | National Union of General and Municipal Workers | |
| 1951 | National Association of Card, Blowing and Ring Room Operatives | |
| 1952 | Transport and General Workers Union | |
| 1953 | National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees | |
| 1954 | Amalgamated Engineering Union | |
| 1955 | Union of Post Office Workers | |
| 1956 | United Patternmakers Association United Patternmakers Association The United Patternmakers Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The association was founded in 1872 to represent skilled patternmakers in England, following a strike by patternmakers based around the River Tyne and River Wear for a nine hour day... |
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| 1957 | National Union of General and Municipal Workers | |
| 1958 | National Union of Seamen National Union of Seamen The National Union of Seamen was the principal trade union of merchant seafarers in the United Kingdom from the late 1880s to 1990. In 1990, the union amalgamated with the National Union of Railwaymen to form the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers .- The National Amalgamated... |
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| 1959 | London Typographical Society London Typographical Society The London Typographical Society was a British trade union.The union was founded as the London Union of Compositors in 1834 by the merger of the London Trade Society of Compositors and the London General Trade Society of Compositors. The following year, it was joined by the News Society of... |
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| 1960 | Confederation Of Health Service Employees Confederation of Health Service Employees The Confederation of Health Service Employees was a United Kingdom trade union representing workers primarily in the National Health Service... |
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| 1961 | United Society of Boilermakers | |
| 1962 | Clerical and Administrative Workers Union | |
| 1963 | National Union of General and Municipal Workers | |
| 1964 | Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers The Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers was a British trade union.The AUBTW was founded in 1921 when the Operative Society of Masons, Quarrymen and Allied Trades of England and Wales, the Operative Bricklayers' Society and the Manchester Unity of Operative Bricklayers' Society merged... |
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| 1965 | National Union of Agricultural Workers | |
| 1966 | National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades The National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades was a trade union in the United Kingdom.Prior to the formation of the union, blastfurnacemen had been represented by the Amalgamated Malleable Ironworkers of Great Britain, but this organisation concerned itself... |
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| 1967 | Iron and Steel Trades Confederation Iron and Steel Trades Confederation The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation was a British trade union for metal-workers and allied groups. It was formed on 1 January 1917 as a merger of existing steel-workers' unions and it is now part of Community.- History :... |
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| 1968 | Amalgamated Weavers Union Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners The Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners was formed in 1870. It was a union for male mule spinners in Lancashire, England. There had been previous attempts at forming a union for spinners. There had been the Manchester Spinners Union and the Grand General Union of Operative... |
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| 1969 | National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers The National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded as the Tailors and Garment Workers' Union in 1920 with the merger of the Scottish Operative Tailors and Tailoresses' Association and the United Garment Workers' Union... |
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| 1970 | National Union of Railwaymen National Union of Railwaymen The National Union of Railwaymen was a trade union of railway workers in the United Kingdom. It an industrial union founded in 1913 by the merger of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants , the United Pointsmen and Signalmen's Society and the General Railway Workers' Union .The NUR... |
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| 1971 | National Union of General and Municipal Workers | |
| 1972 | Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians The Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians is a British and Irish trade union which represents, as of December 2009, 127,433 workers in construction and allied trades, an increase of nearly 17,000 since 2003.... |
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| 1973 | National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers The National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers represents colliery deputies and under-officials in the coal industry. NACODS was established as a national organisation in 1910... |
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| 1974 | 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. Consisting of over 405,000 members, USDAW is the UK's fourth largest and fastest growing trade union. Membership has increased by more than 17% in the last five years and by nearly a third in the last decade... |
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| 1975 | Transport and General Workers Union | |
| 1976 | Inland Revenue Staff Federation Inland Revenue Staff Federation -History:The Union was born in the late 19th Century, when a group of tax clerks met together to fight for higher pay, higher status and better conditions. At that time clerks were hired by surveyors of taxes, they were usually employed on a temporary basis, paid low wages and denied sick leave,... |
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| 1977 | Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers The Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1852, when the Scottish Society of Boilermakers, the United Friendly Boilermakers' Society and the Amicable and Provident Society of Journeymen... |
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| 1977 | Transport and General Workers Union | |
| 1978 | National Union of General and Municipal Workers | |
| 1979 | Union of Post Office Workers | |
| 1980 | Fire Brigades Union Fire Brigades Union The Fire Brigades Union is a trade union in the United Kingdom for wholetime Firefighters , Retained Duty System and Emergency Control Room staff... |
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| 1981 | National Union of Public Employees National Union of Public Employees The National Union of Public Employees was a British trade union which represented public sector workers. The union was founded in 1908 as the National Union of Corporation Workers, which split from the Municipal Employees Association, following Albin Taylor's dismissal as General Secretary... |
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| 1982 | Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians The Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded by technicians at the Gaumont British Studios in 1933 as the Association of Cinematograph Technicians... |
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| 1983 | Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union The Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union, known as the EETPU was a British trade union formed in 1968 as a union for electricians.-History:... |
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| 1984 | 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 railway workers in Great Britain who are train drivers or in the line of promotion to train driver.... |
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| 1985 | General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union | |
| 1986 | Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section The Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section was a British trade union.In 1970, the Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians' Association , Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers and Constructional Engineering Union amalgamated to form the Amalgamated Union of Engineering... |
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| 1987 | National Union of Teachers National Union of Teachers The National Union of Teachers is a trade union for school teachers in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It is a member of the Trades Union Congress... |
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| 1988 | Manufacturing, Science and Finance Manufacturing, Science and Finance Manufacturing, Science and Finance was a trade union in Britain... |
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| 1989 | Inland Revenue Staff Federation Inland Revenue Staff Federation -History:The Union was born in the late 19th Century, when a group of tax clerks met together to fight for higher pay, higher status and better conditions. At that time clerks were hired by surveyors of taxes, they were usually employed on a temporary basis, paid low wages and denied sick leave,... |
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| 1990 | National and Local Government Officers Association | |
| 1991 | GMB Union GMB Union The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 600,000 members. Its members are drawn from many sectors, with particular strength amongst manual workers in local government and the health service... |
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| 1992 | National Union of Public Employees National Union of Public Employees The National Union of Public Employees was a British trade union which represented public sector workers. The union was founded in 1908 as the National Union of Corporation Workers, which split from the Municipal Employees Association, following Albin Taylor's dismissal as General Secretary... |
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| 1993 | Union of Communication Workers Union of Communication Workers The Union of Communication Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the post office and telecommunications industries. It was founded in 1919 as the Union of Post Office Workers by the merger of the Postmen's Federation, Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association and the... |
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| 1994 | 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... |
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| 1995 | Banking, Insurance and Finance Union Banking, Insurance and Finance Union The Banking, Insurance and Finance Union was a British trade union.The union was founded in 1946 as the National Union of Bank Employees, when the National Bank Officers' Guild and the Scottish Bankers' Association merged. In 1979, it was renamed the Banking, Insurance and Finance Union... |
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| 1996 | Transport and General Workers Union | |
| 1997 | 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... |
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| 1998 | GMB Union GMB Union The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 600,000 members. Its members are drawn from many sectors, with particular strength amongst manual workers in local government and the health service... |
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| 1999 | UNISON UNISON UNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom with over 1.3 million members.The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service... |
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| 2000 | UNISON UNISON UNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom with over 1.3 million members.The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service... |
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| 2001 | Transport and General Workers Union | |
| 2002 | Communication Workers Union Communication Workers Union (UK) The Communication Workers Union is the main trade union in the United Kingdom for people working for telephone, cable, DSL and postal delivery companies, with 215,000 members.... |
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| 2003 | National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers The NASUWT is a trade union representing teachers, including headteachers, throughout the United Kingdom.... |
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| 2004 | 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 GPMU... |
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| 2005 | Communication Workers Union Communication Workers Union (UK) The Communication Workers Union is the main trade union in the United Kingdom for people working for telephone, cable, DSL and postal delivery companies, with 215,000 members.... |
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| 2006 | UNISON UNISON UNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom with over 1.3 million members.The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service... |
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| 2007 | UNISON UNISON UNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom with over 1.3 million members.The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service... |
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| 2008 | UNISON UNISON UNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom with over 1.3 million members.The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service... |
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| 2009 | GMB GMB Union The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 600,000 members. Its members are drawn from many sectors, with particular strength amongst manual workers in local government and the health service... |
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| 2010 | Unite Unite the Union Unite – the Union, known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union, formed on 1 May 2007, by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union... |
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| 2011 | Community Community (trade union) Community is a UK trade union representing workers in the iron and steel, domestic appliance manufacturing, clothing, textiles, footwear and betting industries as well as workers in voluntary organisations, workshops for visually impaired and disabled people, community-care providers and housing... |