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Trade Unions 6/17/2021 Trade Unions 1

Trade Unions 6/17/2021 Trade Unions 1

Trade Unions: the TUC http: //www. tuc. org. uk 6/17/2021 Trade Unions 2

Trade Unions: the TUC http: //www. tuc. org. uk 6/17/2021 Trade Unions 2

Trade Unions: Total membership unions 1980 12, 172, 508 affiliated to TUC http: //www.

Trade Unions: Total membership unions 1980 12, 172, 508 affiliated to TUC http: //www. tuc. org. uk/ congress/tuc-5346 -f 0. cfm Current membership( 2006) is almost six and a half million (TUC affiliated unions, source TUC website) 6/17/2021 Trade Unions 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 11, 601, 413 11, 005, 984 10, 510, 157 10, 082, 144 9, 855, 204 9, 585, 729 9, 243, 297 9, 127, 278 8, 652, 318 8, 405, 246 8, 192, 664 7, 762, 469 7, 303, 419 7, 298, 262 6, 894, 604 6, 790, 339 6, 756, 544 6, 638, 986 6, 749, 481 6, 745, 907 6, 722, 118 3

The Big Unions Unison 1, 300, 000 White collar, public service employees TGWU 890,

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) 6/17/2021 Trade Unions 4

The Unions Shop Steward Union representative on the "shop" (factory) floor. . . 6/17/2021

The Unions Shop Steward Union representative on the "shop" (factory) floor. . . 6/17/2021 Trade Unions 5

The Unions Links with Labour Party. . . once very close, now much less

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%) 6/17/2021 Trade Unions 6

The Unions Legislation to control unions 1969 failed attempt "In Place of Strife" (Harold

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 Miners' strike 1973 -4 1974 IRA repealed by Labour government "Social contract" initiated by Wilson - collapsed 1978 -9 "Winter of discontent" 1979 Thatcher government Acts in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1990 -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. 6/17/2021 Trade Unions 7

The Unions have adapted (support, lobbying, Europe. . . ) Effect of unemployment Minimum

The Unions have adapted (support, lobbying, Europe. . . ) Effect of unemployment Minimum wage (unions however thought it was set too low) 6/17/2021 Trade Unions 8