List of affiliates of the Trades Union Congress

This is a List of affiliates of the Trades Union Congress, that is, member trade unions of the Trades Union Congress.

Current affiliates

Name	Acronym	Founded	Affiliated
Accord	Accord	1978	1996
Advance	Advance	1944	1998
Aegis the Union	Aegis	1971
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen	ASLEF	1880
Association of Educational Psychologists	AEP	1962	1999
Association of Flight Attendants	AFA
Association of Teachers and Lecturers	ATL	1978	1998
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union	BFAWU	1847
Britannia Staff Union	BSU	1972	1999
British Airline Pilots' Association	BALPA	1933	1947
British Dietetic Association	BDA	1936	1997^[1]
British Orthoptic Society Trade Union	BOSTU	1937	1996^[1]
Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union	BECTU	1991	1991
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy	CSP	1894	1992^[2]
Communication Workers Union	CWU	1995	1995
Community	Community	2004	2004
Educational Institute of Scotland	EIS	1847
Equity	Equity	1930	1931
FDA	FDA	1918	1977
Fire Brigades Union	FBU	1918
GMB	GMB	1924	1924
Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association	HCSA	1948	1979
Musicians' Union	MU	1893	1894
National Association of Probation Officers	NAPO	1912	1984^[2]
National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers	NACODS	1910
National Association of Co-operative Officials	NACO	1917	1975
National Association of Head Teachers	NAHT	1897	2014^[3]
National Association of Stable Staff	NASS	1975	2009
National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers	NASUWT	1976
National Union of Journalists	NUJ	1907	1920^[4]
National Union of Mineworkers	NUM	1888	1889
National Union of Teachers	NUT	1870	1969
Nationwide Group Staff Union	NGSU	1990	1999
Nautilus UK	Nautilus	1985	1985
Prison Officers Association	POA	1939
Professional Footballers' Association	PFA	1907	1995
Prospect	Prospect	2001	2001
Public and Commercial Services Union	PCS	1998	1998
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers	RMT	1990	1990
Royal College of Midwives	RCM	1947	2015^[5]
Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists	SCP	1912	1997^[1]
Society of Radiographers	SoR	1920	1990^[2]
Staff Union West Bromwich Building Society	SUWBBS		2013
Transport Salaried Staffs' Association	TSSA	1897	1903^[6]
Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru	UCAC	1940	1995^[1]
Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians	UCATT	1971	1971
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers	USDAW	1947	1947
UNISON — the Public Service Union	UNISON	1993	1993
Unite the Union	Unite	2007	2007
United Road Transport Union	URTU	1890
Unity	Unity	1827
University and College Union	UCU	2006	2006
Writers' Guild of Great Britain	WGGB	1959	1975

Former affiliates

Name	Acronym	Reason not affiliated	Year left
Alliance and Leicester Group Union of Staff	ALGSU	Merged into CWU	2007^[7]
Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers (Hand and Machine)	AABTD	Disaffiliated	1992^[8]
Amalgamated Engineering Union	AEU	Merged into AEEU	1992^[9]
Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union	AEEU	Merged into Amicus	2002^[7]
Amalgamated Felt Hat Trimmers, Wool Formers and Allied Workers	AFHTW&AWF	Merged into NUTGW	1982^[9]
Amalgamated Slaters, Tilers and Roofing Operatives Society		Merged into AUBTW	1969
Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers	ASBSBSW	Merged into GMB	1982^[9]
Amalgamated Society of Journeymen, Felt Hatters and Allied Workers	ASJFH	Merged into NUTGW	1982^[9]
Amalgamated Society of Leatherworkers		Merged into NUFLAT	1971
Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers	ASLP	Merged into NGA	1969
Amalgamated Society of Operative Lace Makers and Auxiliary Workers	ASOLMAW	Merged into NUHKW	1973
Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators	ASPD	Merged into ASWD	1970
Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists	ASWM	Merged into FTAT	1971
Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers	ASW	Merged into ASWD	1970
Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and Decorators	ASWD	Merged into UCATT	1971
Amalgamated Textile Warehouse Operatives Association		Dissolved	1986
Amalgamated Textile Workers Union	ATWU	Merged into GMB	1986^[9]
Amalgamated Union of Asphalt Workers		Merged into TGWU	1987^[9]
Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers	AUBTW	Merged into UCATT	1971
Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers - Technical Administrative and Supervisory Section	AUEW-TASS	Merged into MSF	1988^[9]
Amalgamated Union of Sailmakers		Merged into UCATT	1971
Amalgamated Weavers' Association	AWA	Merged into ATWU	1974
Amicus	Amicus	Merged into Unite	2007^[7]
Aspect	Aspect	Merged into Prospect	2012
Associated Metalworkers Union	AMU	Merged into AEEU	2001^[7]
Association for College Management	ACM	Merged into ATL	2011
Association of Broadcasting and Allied Staffs	ABS	Merged into BETA	1984
Association of Building Technicians	ABT	Merged into ASW	1970
Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians	ACTT	Merged into BECTU	1991
Association of Magisterial Officers	AMO	Merged into PCS	2005^[7]
Association of Patternmakers and Allied Craftsmen	APAC	Merged into AUEW-TASS	1984^[9]
Association of Post Office Executives		Merged into SPOE	1972
Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff	APEX	Merged into GMB	1989^[9]
Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs	ASTMS	Merged into MSF	1988^[9]
Association of University Teachers	AUT	Merged into UCU	2006^[7]
Banking, Insurance and Finance Union	BIFU	Merged into UNIFI	1999^[7]
Birmingham and Midland Sheet Metal Workers' Society		Merged into NUSMWCHDE	1973
British Association of Colliery Management – Technical, Energy and Administrative Management	BACM-TEAM	Merged into Prospect	2014^[3]
British Roll Turners Trade Society	BRTTS	Merged into AUEW	1983^[9]
Broadcasting and Entertainment Trades Alliance	BETA	Merged into BECTU	1991
Card Setting Machine Tenters Society	CSMTS	Dissolved	2008
Chain Makers and Strikers Association
Chemical Workers' Union	CWU	Merged into TGWU	1971
Cheshire Group Staff Union	CGSU	Merged into OURS	2010
Cigarette Machine Operators' Society	CMOS	Dissolved	1988
Civil and Public Services Association	CPSA	Merged into PCS	1998^[7]
Cloth Pressers' Society		Dissolved	1984^[8]
Communication Managers' Association
Community and District Nursing Association	CDNA	Merged into GMB	2010
Community and Youth Workers' Union	CYWU	Merged into TGWU	2006^[7]
Confederation of Health Service Employees	COHSE	Merged into Unison	1993
Constructional Engineering Union	CEU	Merged into AUEW	1971
Connect	Connect	Merged into Prospect	2010
Cooper and Allied Workers Federation of Great Britain		Merged into NUGMW	1979^[9]
Court Officers' Association		Merged into CPSA	1974
Customs and Excise Federation		Merged into CEG	1972
Customs and Excise Group		Merged into SCPS	1975
Customs and Excise Preventative Staff Association		Merged into CEG	1972
Derbyshire Group Staff Union	DGSU	Merged into OURS	2010
Diageo Staff Association		Dissolved	2010
Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians' Association	DATA	Merged into AUEW	1970
Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Trade Union	EETPU	Merged into AEEU	1992^[9]
Electrical Trades Union	ETU	Merged into EETPU	1968
Engineering and Fastener Trade Union	EFTU	Dissolved	2004
Engineers and Managers Association	EMA	Merged into Prospect	2001^[7]
Engineer Surveyors' Association	ESA	Merged into ASTMS	1975
Film Artists' Association	FAA	Merged into BECTU	1995
Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union	FTAT	Merged into GMB	1993^[9]
General Union of Loom Overlookers	GULO	Dissolved	2007
Graphical, Paper and Media Union	GPMU	Merged into Amicus	2005^[7]
Greater London Staff Association	GLSA	Merged into GMB	1988^[9]
Grimsby Steam and Diesel Fishing Vessels Engineers' and Firemen's Union		Merged into TGWU	1976
Health Visitors' Association	HVA	Merged into MSF	1990^[9]
Huddersfield and District Healders and Twisters Trade and Friendly Society		Merged into NUDBTW	1980^[9]
Inland Revenue Staff Federation	IRSF	Merged into PTC	1996
Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists	IPMS	Merged into Prospect	2001^[7]
Iron and Steel Trades Confederation	ISTC	Merged into Community	2004^[7]
Iron, Steel and Wood Barge Builders and Helpers Association		Merged into TGWU	1973
Laminated and Coil Spring Workers' Union
Leeds and District Warp Dressers', Twisters' and Kindred Trades Association		Merged into YSTC	1975
Leicester and Leicestershire Hosiery Trimmers' Association		Merged into NUHKW	1970
London Jewish Bakers' Union	LJBU	Dissolved	1969
Managers' and Overlookers' Society	M&O	Merged into ASTMS	1977
Manufacturing, Science and Finance	MSF	Merged into Amicus	2002^[7]
Medical Practitioners' Union	MPU	Merged into ASTMS	1970
Merchant Navy and Airline Officers Association	MNAOA	Merged into NUMAST	1985
Midland Glass Bevellers' and Kindred Trades' Society		Merged into NUFTO	1970
Military and Orchestral Musical Instrument Makers' Trade Society
Ministry of Labour Staff Association		Merged into CPSA	1973
National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education	NATFHE	Merged into UCU	2006^[7]
National Association of Theatrical Television and Kine Employees	NATTKE	Merged into BETA	1984
National and Local Government Officers Association	NALGO	Merged into Unison	1993
National Coal Board Labour Staff Association
National Communications Union	NCU	Merged into CWU	1995
National Graphical Association	NGA	Merged into GPMU	1992
National League of the Blind and Disabled	NLBD	Merged into ISTC	2000^[7]
National Society of Brushmakers and General Workers		Merged into FTAT	1983^[9]
National Society of Metal Mechanics	NSMM	Merged into AUEW-TASS	1985^[9]
National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers	NUAAW	Merged into TGWU	1982^[9]
National Union of Basket, Cane, Wicker and Fibre Furniture Makers		Dissolved	1973
National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades	NUB	Merged into ISTC	1985
National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives	NUBSO	Merged into NUFLAT	1971
National Union of Civil and Public Servants		Merged into PTC	1996
National Union of Commercial Travellers		Dissolved	1970
National Union of Domestic Appliances and General Operatives	NUDAGO	Merged into Community	2006^[7]
National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers	NUDBTW	Merged into TGWU	1982^[9]
National Union of Funeral Service Operatives	NUFSO	Merged into FTAT	1978^[9]
National Union of Furniture Trade Operatives	NUFTO	Merged into FTAT	1971
National Union of Glovers and Leather Workers	NUGLW	Merged into NUFLAT	1971
National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades	NUGSAT	Merged into AUEW-TASS	1981^[9]
National Union of Insurance Workers		Merged into MSF	1999^[7]
National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades	KFAT	Merged into Community	2004^[7]
National Union of Leather Workers and Allied Trades	NULWAT	Merged into NUFLAT	1971
National Union of Lock and Metal Workers		Merged into TGWU	2004^[7]
National Union of Public Employees	NUPE	Merged into Unison	1993
National Union of Railwaymen	NUR	Merged into RMT	1990^[8]
National Union of Scalemakers		Merged into MSF	1993^[9]
National Union of Seamen	NUS	Merged into RMT	1990^[8]
National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths and Heating and Domestic Engineers	NUSMWCHDE	Merged into AUEW-TASS	1983^[9]
National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers	NUTGW	Merged into GMB	1991^[9]
National Union of Textile and Allied Workers	NUTAW	Merged into ATWU	1974
National Union of Vehicle Builders	NUVB	Merged into TGWU	1972
National Union of Wallcoverings, Decorative and Allied Trades	NUWDAT	Merged into NGA	1979
National Wool Sorters Society		Merged into APEX	1980^[9]
NatWest Staff Association		Merged into UNIFI	1999^[7]
Northern Carpet Trades Union	NCTU	Merged into TGWU	2000^[7]
Nottingham and District Hosiery Finishers' Association		Merged into NUHKW
One Union of Regional Staff	OURS	Merged into NGSU	2011
Pattern Weavers Society		Disaffiliated	1987^[8]
Plumbing Trades Union	PTU	Merged into EETPU	1968
Post Office Engineering Union	POEU	Merged into NCU	1985
Power Loom Carpet Weavers and Textile Workers Union		Merged into ISTC	2000^[7]
Print Block, Roller and Stamp Cutters' Society		Merged into NUWDAT	1969
Process and General Workers' Union		Merged into TGWU	1969
Public Services, Tax and Commerce Union	PTC	Merged into PCS	1998^[7]
Radio and Electronic Officers Union	REOU	Merged into NUMAST	1985
Retail Book, Stationery and Allied Trades Employees' Association		Disaffiliated
Rossendale Union of Boot, Shoe and Slipper Operatives	RUBSSO	Merged into KFAT	1997
Saddleworth and District Weavers and Woollen Textile Workers' Association		Merged into NUDBTW	1973
Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union	SCMU	Merged into TGWU	1971
Scottish Prison Officers Association	SPOA	Merged into POA	2000^[7]
Scottish Typographical Association		Merged into SOGAT	1974
Scottish Union of Bakers and Allied Trades		Merged into USDAW	1978
Sheffield Amalgamated Union of File Trades		Merged into TGWU	1970
Sheffield Sawmakers Protection Society		Merged into TGWU	1984^[9]
Sheffield Wool Shear Workers Union	SWSWU	Dissolved	2007
Skipton Union Representing Group Employees	SURGE	Merged into Aegis	2014^[3]
Sign and Display Trade Union		Merged into NATSOPA	1972
Society of Civil and Public Servants		Merged into NUCPS	1988
Society of Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Kindred Trades		Merged into NUGSAT	1969
Society of Graphical and Allied Trades	SOGAT	Merged into GPMU	1992
Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers and Engravers	SLADE	Merged into NGA	1982
Society of Shuttlemakers
Society of Technical Civil Servants		Merged into IPCS	1969
Society of Telecommunication Engineers		Merged into APOE	1969
Spring Trapmakers Society		Dissolved	1988^[8]
Staff Union Dunfermline Building Society	SUDBS	Merged into NGSU	2011
Tobacco Workers' Union	TWU	Merged into GMB	1986^[9]
Trade Society of Machine Calico Printers
Transport and General Workers Union	TGWU	Merged into Unite	2007^[7]
UNiFI	UNiFI	Merged into UNIFI	1999^[7]
UNIFI	UNIFI	Merged into Amicus	2004^[7]
Union for Bradford and Bingley Staff and Associated Companies	UBAC	Merged into Advance	2009
Union for Woolwich Staff	UWS	Merged into UNIFI	2002^[7]
Union of Communication Workers	UCW	Merged into CWU	1995
Union of Insurance Staffs		Merged into ASTMS	1970
Union of Jute, Flax and Kindred Textile Operatives		Merged into NUDBTW	1979^[9]
Union of Salt, Chemical and Industrial General Workers		Merged into NUGMW	1969
Union of Textile Workers	UTW	Merged into Amicus	2002^[7]
United French Polishers' Society		Merged into NUFTO	1969
United Rubber Workers of Great Britain		Merged into NUGMW	1974
United Society of Engravers		Merged into SLADE	1973
Watermen, Lightermen, Tugmen and Bargemen's Union		Merged into TGWU	1971
Waterproof Garment Workers' Trade Union		Merged into NUTGW	1972
Wire Workers' Union	WWU	Merged into ISTC	1991
Yorkshire Association of Power Loom Overlookers	YAPLO	Merged into TGWU	1993^[9]
Yorkshire Independent Staff Association	YISA	Merged into Aegis	2014^[3]
Yorkshire Society of Textile Craftsmen		Merged into NUDBTW	1980^[9]

References

1 2 3 4 Susan Corby and Geoff White, Employee relations in the public services, pp.204-207
1 2 3 Roger Undy, Managing the unions, p.300
1 2 3 4 "TUC Directory 2015" (PDF). Trades Union Congress. January 2015. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-85006-962-1. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
↑ George Sayers Bain, The Growth of White-collar Trade Unionism, p.114
↑ https://www.rcm.org.uk/news-views-and-analysis/views/tuc-affiliation
↑ Jack Simmons and Gordon Biddle, The Oxford companion to British railway history from 1603 to the 1990s, p.540
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Gary Daniels and John McIlroy, Trade Unions in a Neoliberal World: British Trade Unions Under New Labour, pp.134-136
1 2 3 4 5 6 Roger Undy, Managing the Unions, pp.298-300
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "The British merger movement", Industrial Relations Journal, Vol.30, No.5

External links

The TUC's list of current affiliates

Trades Union Congress

Positions	General Secretary Deputy General Secretary Assistant General Secretary General Council President

Affiliates	Accord Advance Aegis ASLEF AEP AFA ATL BFAWU BSU BALPA BDA BOSTU BECTU CSP CWU Community EIS Equity FDA FBU GMB HCSA MU Napo NACODS NACO NAHT NASS NASUWT NUJ Nautilus NUM NUT NGSU POA PFA Prospect PCS RCM RMT SCP SoR SUWBBS TSSA UCAC UCATT USDAW UNISON Unite URTU Unity UCU WGGB

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, May 04, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.