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Trade Unions 13/11/2018 Trade Unions

Trade Unions: the TUC http://www.tuc.org.uk 13/11/2018 Trade Unions

Trade Unions: Total membership unions affiliated to TUC 1980 12,172,508 1981 11,601,413 1982 11,005,984 1983 10,510,157 1984 10,082,144 1985 9,855,204 1986 9,585,729 1987 9,243,297 1988 9,127,278 1989 8,652,318 1990 8,405,246 1991 8,192,664 1992 7,762,469 1993 7,303,419 1994 7,298,262 1995 6,894,604 1996 6,790,339 1997 6,756,544 1998 6,638,986 1999 6,749,481 2000 6,745,907 2001 6,722,118 http://www.tuc.org.uk/ congress/tuc-5346-f0.cfm Current membership( 2006) is almost six and a half million (TUC affiliated unions, source TUC website) 13/11/2018 Trade Unions

The Big Unions Unison 1,300,000 White collar, public service employees TGWU 890,000 (Transport and General Workers Union) AEEU 725,000 (Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union) GMB 712,000 (General Municipal Boilermakers) USDAW 310,000 Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) 13/11/2018 Trade Unions

The Unions Shop Steward Union representative on the "shop" (factory) floor ... 13/11/2018 Trade Unions

The Unions Links with Labour Party ... once very close, now much less so political levy trade union representation at Labour Annual Conference (now limited to 50%) trade union share in election for party leader (30%) 13/11/2018 Trade Unions

The Unions Legislation to control unions 1969 failed attempt "In Place of Strife" (Harold Wilson's Labour government) 1970-1974 Industrial Relations Act (Edward Heath, Conservative) union resistance. Miners' strike 1973-4 1974 IRA repealed by Labour government "Social contract" initiated by Wilson - collapsed 1978-9 "Winter of discontent" 1979 Thatcher government Acts in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1990 - limiting power of unions and imposing ballots on strike action and political contributions. 13/11/2018 Trade Unions

The Unions The Unions have adapted (support, lobbying, Europe ...) Effect of unemployment Minimum wage (unions however thought it was set too low) 13/11/2018 Trade Unions