Scottish Trades Union Congress

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STUC
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Scottish Trades Union Congress
Founded 1897
Members 630,000
Country Scotland
Key people Grahame Smith, General Secretary
Office location Glasgow
Website www.stuc.org.uk

The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is the co-ordinating body of trade unions, and local Trades Councils, in Scotland. 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 (TUC) of Great Britain; indeed it was established in March 1897, in Glasgow, as a result of a political dispute with the TUC regarding political representation for the Labour movement (see Labour Party)[1].

The current General Secretary of the STUC is Grahame Smith.

Contents

[edit] STUC affiliate unions

[edit] See also

[edit] Reference

  • The Bairns o' Adam - The Story of the STUC, by Keith Aitken, 1997

[edit] External links


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