This is a list of trade unions in the United Kingdom formed under

UK labour law United Kingdom labour law regulates the relations between workers, employers and trade unions. People at work in the UK can rely upon a minimum charter of employment rights, which are found in Acts of Parliament, Regulations, common law and equit ...

. The criteria for being an independent trade union, free from employer influence and domination, are set out in the

Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992c 52 is a UK Act of Parliament which regulates United Kingdom labour law. The Act applies in full in England and Wales and in Scotland, and partially in Northern Ireland. The law con ...

section 5. The body which oversees unions, and awards a certificate of independence for the purpose of

collective bargaining Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights for workers. The i ...

is the

Trades Union Certification Officer The Trades Union Certification Officer was established in the United Kingdom by Act of Parliament in 1975. They head the Certification Office for Trade Unions and Employers' Associations. Responsibilities The Certification Officer is responsible f ...

. For the context and history see

Trade unions in the United Kingdom Trade unions in the United Kingdom were first decriminalised under the recommendation of a Royal commission in 1867, which agreed that the establishment of the organisations was to the advantage of both employers and employees. Legalised in 1 ...

Union confederations

* General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) *

Scottish Trades Union Congress The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is the National trade union center, national trade union centre in Scotland. With 40 affiliated unions as of 2020, the STUC represents over 540,000 trade unionists. The STUC is a separate organisation ...

(STUC) *

Trades Union Congress The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national tra ...

(TUC)

Independent unions

The following is a list of trade unions that are Certificated as independent by the Certification Officer, as of 14 July 2020.

Other independent unions

* Accord *

Advance Advance commonly refers to: *Advance, an offensive push in sports, games, thoughts, military combat, or sexual or romantic pursuits *Advance payment for goods or services *Advance against royalties, a payment to be offset against future royalty pa ...

Affinity Affinity may refer to: Commerce, finance and law * Affinity (law), kinship by marriage * Affinity analysis, a market research and business management technique * Affinity Credit Union, a Saskatchewan-based credit union * Affinity Equity Partn ...

* Artists’ Union England * Associated Train Crew Union *

Association for Clinical Biochemistry Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

Association of Educational Psychologists The Association of Educational Psychologists is a trade union in the United Kingdom. The British Psychological Society represented educational psychologists until 1962, when it received chartered status. Those members who wished to remain par ...

Association of Local Authority Chief Executives Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

Association of Revenue and Customs The Association of Revenue and Customs (ARC) is a section of the FDA trade union which represents senior managers and professionals working in HM Revenue and Customs(HMRC). It started life as the Association of Inspectors of Tax (AIT). In 1988, u ...

Association of School and College Leaders The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), formerly the Secondary Heads Association (SHA), is a UK professional association for leaders of schools and colleges. History The Association of Head Mistresses (AHM) was founded in 1874. The ...

* Britannia Staff Union *

British Association of Dental Nurses The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) is an organisation that represents dental nurses across the UK, headquartered in Lancashire, and has previously been a trade union. History It was formed in October 1940 in Lancashire. It was origi ...

British Association of Journalists British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

British Association of Occupational Therapists British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

British Dental Association The British Dental Association (BDA) is a registered trade union for dentists in the United Kingdom. Its stated mission is to "promote the interests of members, advance the science, arts and ethics of dentistry and improve the nation's oral he ...

British Dietetic Association The British Dietetic Association (BDA) is a professional association and trade union for dietitians in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1936 and became a certified union in 1982: it is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and the Scottis ...

British Orthoptic Society The British and Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS) is a professional body representing orthoptists in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The society was established in 1937 as the British Orthoptic Society. By 2002, it had 1,455 members, the large majori ...

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) is the professional body and trade union for physiotherapists in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1894, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has grown to become the profession's largest membership org ...

Ellington Branch of the North East Area of the National Union of Mineworkers Ellington may refer to: Places United Kingdom *Ellington, Cambridgeshire *Ellington, Northumberland * Ellington High and Low, a civil parish in North Yorkshire **High Ellington ** Low Ellington United States * Ellington Airport (Texas), Ho ...

* *

FDA The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food ...

* Fire Officers Association *

Guild of Professional Teachers of Dance, Movement to Music and Dramatic Arts A guild ( ) is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area. The earliest types of guild formed as organizations of tradesmen belonging to a professional association. They sometimes ...

Immigration Service Union The ISU is a British trade union representing representing staff in the Borders, Customs and Immigration functions of the Home Office. The union was founded in 1981 as the Immigration Service Union. It was a split from the Society of Civil and P ...

(ISU)
Independent Democratic Union
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Independent Pilots Association The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) is the collective bargaining unit for the more than 2800 airline pilots of United Parcel Service. IPA Foundation Since the early days of the association, the IPA leadership has felt it was important for t ...

* Institute of Journalists Trade Union *

International Transport Workers Federation The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is a democratic global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. In 2017 the ITF had 677 member organizations in 149 countries, representing a combined membership o ...

* *

Leek United Building Society Staff Association The leek is a vegetable, a cultivar of ''Allium ampeloprasum'', the broadleaf wild leek ( syn. ''Allium porrum''). The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths that is sometimes erroneously called a stem or stalk. The genus ''Alli ...

National Association of Co-operative Officials The National Association of Co-operative Officials (NACO) was a trade union for staff in the co-operative sector in the United Kingdom, principally the Co-operative Group and other retail societies, Co-operatives UK and the Co-operative Party. H ...

National Association of Head Teachers NAHT is a trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining bett ...

National Association of NFU Group Secretaries National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

National Association of Stable Staff The National Association of Racing Staff (NARS) is a trade union in the United Kingdom for stable staff working in the horse racing industry. History In 1975, many stable staff at Newmarket were members of the Transport and General Workers Un ...

National Crime Officers Association National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

National Society for Education in Art and Design National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

Nationwide Group Staff Union The Nationwide Group Staff Union (NGSU) is an independent trade union in the United Kingdom. It has a membership of over 12,000 and represents workers within the Nationwide Building Society and its associated companies. The NGSU was formed in 1 ...

* Pharmacists' Defence Association Union (PDA Union) * PPU * Prison Governors Association *

Retail Book Stationery and Allied Trades Employees Association The Retail Book Association is a trade union in the United Kingdom, representing workers at WHSmith. The union was founded in 1919 as the Retail Book, Stationery and Allied Trades Employees' Association. Its membership has always been around 2,0 ...

* Retained Firefighters Union *

Royal College of Midwives The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is a British midwives organisation founded in 1881 by Louisa Hubbard and Zepherina Veitch. It has existed under its present name since 1947, and is the United Kingdom's only trade union or professional organis ...

* Sales Staff Association * SKYSHARE *

Social Workers Union The Social Workers Union (SWU) is a registered trade union for social work professionals and an organisational member of The British Association of Social Workers (BASW). The SWU reports over 15,000 paid members July 2022. This union devoted to ...

(SWU) *

Society of Authors The Society of Authors (SoA) is a United Kingdom trade union for professional writers, illustrators and literary translators, founded in 1884 to protect the rights and further the interests of authors. , it represents over 12,000 members and as ...

* Society of Union Employees (UNISON) *

Staff Union West Bromwich Building Society Staff may refer to: Pole * Staff, a weapon used in stick-fighting ** Quarterstaff, a European pole weapon * Staff of office, a pole that indicates a position * Staff (railway signalling), a token authorizing a locomotive driver to use a particular ...

Union of Democratic Mineworkers The Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM) was a British trade union for coal miners based in Nottinghamshire, England, established in 1985, after the 1984–85 miners' strike, when the Nottinghamshire Area of the National Union of Mineworker ...

United Road Transport Union The United Road Transport Union (URTU) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1890 and has a membership of over 8,000. URTU is a union for workers in road haulage, distribution and logistics. History URTU was first registere ...

VOICE The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound production in ...

* Workers Uniting * Workers of England Union Scotland only * Aegis the Union *

Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland The Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland (AHDS) is a trade union which represents head teachers, deputy head teachers and principal teachers from nursery, primary and ASN schools in Scotland. it has over 2,100 members. History ...

Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association The Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA) is Scotland's second largest teachers' union. It was created to focus on secondary education issues, in reaction to the perception of national influence exercised by the primary education se ...

* United and Independent Union Northern Ireland only *

Belfast Airport Police Association Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

Financial Services Union The Financial Services Union (FSU) is a trade union representing staff in the finance sector in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and those employed by Irish financial institutions in Great Britain and overseas. History The origins of th ...

* Independent Workers Union *

Irish National Teachers' Organisation The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) ( ga, Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann), founded in 1868, is the oldest and largest teachers' trade union in Ireland. It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at prima ...

Lough Neagh Fishermen's Association ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spel ...

Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance The Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) is a trade union in Northern Ireland affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. It is the largest trade union in Northern Ireland, with around 46,000 members, and is organised into two ...

SIPTU SIPTU (; ''Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union''; ga, An Ceardchumann Seirbhísí, Tionsclaíoch, Gairmiúil agus Teicniúil) is Ireland's largest trade union, with around 200,000 members. Most of these members are in the Rep ...

(Services, Industrial, Professional & Technical Union) *

Ulster Teachers' Union The Ulster Teachers' Union is a trade union based in Northern Ireland, whose membership comprises nursery, primary, and secondary school teachers and school leaders working in the state sector. It has 6,429 members. The UTU has close links with t ...

Non-independent unions

The following is a list of trade unions that have not been certificated as independent by the Certification Officer 31 March 2017.Certification officers Annual Report for 2016-17
Accessed 25 July 2018
App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU)
* Alliance for Finance * ASPSU * Association of Flight Attendants* *

Association of Somerset Inseminators Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

Association of Trade Union Political and Public Sector Staff Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

* *

Balfour Beatty Group Staff Association Balfour may refer to: People Earls of Balfour * Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930), British Conservative politician, Prime Minister of the UK (1902-1905), made the public statement of Balfour Declaration * Gerald Balfour, 2n ...

Blue Chip Staff Association Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB color model, RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB color model, RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between Violet (color), violet and cyan on the optical sp ...

* Boots Pharmacists Association * City Screen Staff Forum *

Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU), often known as the Confed is a trade union confederation in the United Kingdom. History The confederation was founded in December 1890 as the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuil ...

* * Criminal Justice Workers Union* *

Currys Supply Chain Staff Association Currys (branded as Currys PC World between 2010 and 2021) is an electrical retailer and aftercare service provider operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, specialising in white goods, consumer electronics, computers and mobile phones. E ...

* Disabled Workers Union * Employees Representatives* * Employees United *

Federation of Entertainment Unions The Federation of Entertainment Unions (FEU) is a joint representative body based in the United Kingdom, representing workers in TV, theatre, film, music, gaming, cinema, publishing, new media, professional football and other performing arts. The ...

* *

G4S Care and Justice Services Staff Association G4S is a British multinational private security company headquartered in London, England. The company was set up in 2004 when London-based Securicor amalgamated with Danish firm Group 4 Falck. The company offers a range of services, including ...

* General Federation of Trade Unions *

Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) is an association of the head teachers of 361 independent schools (both boarding schools and day schools), some traditionally described as public schools. 298 Members are based in the United ...

Independent Workers Union of Great Britain The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. The IWGB comprises eleven branches which organise workers within their chosen industry, run their own campaigns and have their own representative off ...

Institute of Football Management and Administration An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can ...

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Leeds Building Society Colleague Association Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

Leicestershire Overmen Deputies and Shotfirers Association Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire ...

* Locum Doctors Association * MyUnion *

National House Building Council Staff Association National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

* News Union *

North of England Zoological Society Staff Association North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

* Palm Paper Staff Association *

Professional Cricketers' Association The Professional Cricketers' Association is the representative body of past and present first-class cricketers in England and Wales, founded in 1967 by former England fast bowler Fred Rumsey (when it was known as the Cricketers' Association). In t ...

Professional Footballers' Association The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) is the trade union for professional association footballers in England and Wales. Founded in 1907, it is the world's oldest professional sport trade union, and has over 5,000 members. The aims of ...

Professional Footballers' Association Scotland The Professional Footballers' Association Scotland (PFA Scotland) is the association for professional footballers in Scotland. It was known as the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association (SPFA), but that organisation was dissolved and repla ...

* * RSPB Staff Association *

Rugby Players Association The Rugby Players Association (RPA) is a trade union representing athletes who currently play or have played rugby union in England at a professional or semi-professional level. The RPA is the representative body and collective voice of profession ...

Scottish Colliery Enginemen Boilermen and Tradesmens Association Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English * Scottish national identity, the Scottish id ...

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Society of Local Council Clerks The Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) is the professional body for Local Council Clerks. As of 2017, it represents the Clerks to over 5,000 councils. History The SLCC was formed in 1972 at a side meeting held during the National Associati ...

* * Union of Country Sports Workers *

United Voices of the World United Voices of the World (UVW) is an independent grassroots trade union, established in London in 2014. Following a vote held at its 2021 AGM, the post of General Secretary was re-established after three years of non-hierarchical leadership, ...

Warwick International Staff Association Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and W ...

Welsh Rugby Players Association '' The Welsh Rugby Players Association (WRPA), is a trade union representing athletes who currently play or who have played rugby union in Wales at a professional level. Founded in 2003, the WRPA aims to Represent, Develop, Promote and Protect al ...

Scotland only *

Association of College Staff Scotland Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

Independent Federation of Nursing in Scotland Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...

* * Scottish Artists Union *

* Northern Ireland *

IMPACT Impact may refer to: * Impact (mechanics), a high force or shock (mechanics) over a short time period * Impact, Texas, a town in Taylor County, Texas, US Science and technology * Impact crater, a meteor crater caused by an impact event * Impac ...

Historical unions

Altogether Builders' Labourers and Constructional Workers' Society The Altogether Builders' Labourers and Constructional Workers' Society was a trade union representing labourers in the construction industry in the United Kingdom. The union originated around the turn of 1889 and 1890 as the National Associati ...

Amalgamated Association of Carters and Motormen Amalgamation is the process of combining or uniting multiple entities into one form. Amalgamation, amalgam, and other derivatives may refer to: Mathematics and science * Amalgam (chemistry), the combination of mercury with another metal **Pan ama ...

Amalgamated Carters, Lorrymen and Motormen's Union The Amalgamated Carters, Lurrymen and Motormen's Union was a trade union representing commercial road transport workers in the north of England. History The union was founded in Bolton in 1890, as the Bolton and District Carters and Lurrymen's Uni ...

Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union The Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) was a British trade union. It merged with the MSF to form Amicus in 2001. History The union was founded in 1992, when the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) finally achieved a merger w ...

(AEEU) *

Amalgamated Marine Workers' Union The Amalgamated Marine Workers' Union (AMWU) was a trade union of sailors, firemen and ship-board service personnel which existed in the United Kingdom between 1922 and 1927. It was a merger of the British Seafarers' Union and the National Un ...

(AMWU) *

Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (ASC&J) was a New Model Trade Union in the 1860s in the United Kingdom, representing carpenters and joiners. History The formation of the Society was spurred by the Stonemason's strike, 1859, ...

(ASCJ) *

Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths and Pattern Makers Amalgamation is the process of combining or uniting multiple entities into one form. Amalgamation, amalgam, and other derivatives may refer to: Mathematics and science * Amalgam (chemistry), the combination of mercury with another metal **Pan am ...

(ASE) *

Amalgamated Society of Foremen Lightermen of River Thames The Amalgamated Society of Foremen Lightermen of River Thames was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1969. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TG ...

Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen The Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1889 as the Amalgamated Society of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames. In 1901, it merged with the Watchm ...

Associated Horsemen's Union Associated may refer to: *Associated, former name of Avon, Contra Costa County, California * Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto, a school in Canada *Associated Newspapers, former name of DMG Media, a British publishing company See also *Associati ...

Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians The Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians (ACTT) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1933 and 1991. History The union was founded by technicians at the Gaumont British Studios in 1933 as th ...

(ACTT, now in

BECTU The Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union (BECTU), formerly the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union, became a sector of the Prospect trade union in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2017 following th ...

) *

Association of Coastwise Masters, Mates and Engineers Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

Association of University Teachers The Association of University Teachers (AUT) was the trade union and professional association that represented academic (teaching and research) and academic-related (librarians, IT professionals and senior administrators) staff at pre-1992 uni ...

AUT *

Association of Principal Fire Officers Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

Belfast Breadservers' Association The Belfast Breadservers' Trade Union represents people working in retail bakers in Northern Ireland. The union was founded in 1896. Its membership varied dramatically over time, from 150 in 1897 to only 15 in 1899, then 340 in 1911. It merged w ...

Belfast Journeymen Butchers' Association The Belfast Journeymen Butchers' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was established in 1891 and grew to a peak membership of 190 in 1910. It merged with the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU) in 19 ...

Belfast Operative Bakers' Union The Belfast Operative Bakers' Union was a trade union representing bakery workers in Northern Ireland. The union described itself as having been founded in 1817 as the Belfast Bakers' Society. By 1892, it was known as the Belfast Operative Bakers ...

British Association of Colliery Management British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

British Seafarers' Union The British Seafarers' Union (BSU) was a trade union which organised sailors and firemen in the British ports of Southampton and Glasgow between 1911/1912 and 1922. Although of considerable local importance, the organisation remained much smal ...

(BSU) *

Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union The Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union (BECTU), formerly the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union, became a sector of the Prospect trade union in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2017 following th ...

* Burnley, Nelson, Rossendale and District Textile Workers' Union *

Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coal Trimmers' Union The Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coal Trimmers' Union was a trade union representing workers involved in trimming coal and loading on to ships, in South Wales. History The union was founded in 1888 as the Cardiff and Penarth Coaltrimmers' Protectio ...

* Chemical Workers' Union *

Civil and Public Services Association The Civil and Public Services Association (CPSA) was a trade union in the United Kingdom, representing civil servants. History The union was founded in 1921, when the Civil Service Clerical Union and the Clerical Officers' Association merged ...

(CPSA) *

Community and Youth Workers' Union The Community and Youth Workers Union (CYWU) was a British trade union created in 1938 by ten female voluntary sector workers. It is now a section of Unite the Union. Its members were mainly made up of youth workers, workers in youth theatre, c ...

Confederation of Health Service Employees The Confederation of Health Service Employees (COHSE) was a United Kingdom trade union representing workers primarily in the National Health Service. History The union was founded in 1946 with the merger of the Mental Hospital and Institutional ...

(COHSE) *

Connect Connect may refer to: Music Albums *Connect (album), ''Connect'' (album), an album by Australian rock band Sick Puppies *''Connect'', album by Mark Farina *''Tha Connect'', a 2009 album by Willy Northpole *''Connect'', a 2009 album by Dave Schu ...

(???–2010) (now in Prospect) *

Cumberland Enginemen, Boilermen and Electrical Workers' Union The Cumberland Enginemen, Boilermen and Electrical Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1928. References See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Worke ...

Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union The Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers Union (DWRGLU), often known as the Dockers' Union, was a British trade union representing dock workers in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded in 1887 as the Tea Operatives and Gen ...

(DWRGLU) * Dundee Pilots *

Electricity Supply Staff Association (Dublin) The Electricity Supply Staff Association (Dublin) was a trade union in Ireland. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1936. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU amalgamations Reference ...

Federation of Professional Railway Staff The Federation of Professional Railway Staff was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1983 by former members of the National Union of Railwaymen and the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen who were oppo ...

* File Grinders' Society *

Gibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices Union The Gibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1963. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU amalgamati ...

* Gibraltar Confederation of Labour * Gibraltar Labour Trades Union *

Government Civil Employees' Association The Government Civil Employees' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1946. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU amalgamations T ...

* Grangemouth Pilots' Association *

Greenock Sugar Porters' Association Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area in Scotland, United Kingdom and a former burgh of barony, burgh within the Counties of Scotland, historic ...

* Grimsby Steam and Diesel Fishing Vessels Engineers' and Firemen's Union *

Halifax and District Carters' and Motormen's Association The Halifax and District Carters' and Motormen's Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1936. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU ...

* Humber Amalgamated Steam Trawlers' Engineers, and Firemen's Union * Imperial War Graves Commission Staff Association *

Institution of Professional Civil Servants The Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists (IPMS) was a trade union representing managers and other people with professional qualifications in the United Kingdom, with a majority of members working in the civil service. History ...

Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union The Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union was a trade union in Ireland. It was formed in 1912 as a split from the National Asylum Workers' Union, and it merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1926. History The Irish Mental Hospita ...

* Irish Union of Hairdressers and Allied Workers *

Iron and Steel Trades Confederation The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC) was a British trade union for metal-workers and allied groups, being the largest union in these fields. It was formed on 1 January 1917 as a merger of existing steel-workers' unions and it is now pa ...

(ISTC) *

Iron, Steel and Wood Barge Builders and Helpers Association The Iron, Steel and Wood Barge Builders and Helpers Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1872 as the Barge Builders Trade Union, also known as the River Thames Barge Builders Trade Union, and adopted this titl ...

Labour Protection League The National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers (NASD), sometimes referred to as the National Amalgamated Stevedores' and Dockers' Society, was a trade union in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded in 1871 as the Labour Protection ...

* Leith and Granston Pilots *

Liverpool and District Carters' and Motormen's Union The Liverpool and District Carters' and Motormen's Union (LDCMU) was a trade union representing cart drivers in the Merseyside area of England. The union was founded in 1889 as the Mersey Quay and Railway Carters' Union. It opposed the New Uni ...

London Co-operative Mutuality Club Collectors' Association London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major s ...

Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners' and General Workers' Union The Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners' and General Workers' Union, also known as the Lurgan Hemmers' and Veiners' Trade Union and the Lurgan Hemmers' and Veiners' and General Women Workers' Trade Union, was a trade union in Northern Ireland. It was formed i ...

Manchester Ship Canal Pilots' Association The Manchester Ship Canal Pilots' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1943. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU amalgamations ...

Manufacturing Science and Finance Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a range ...

(MSF) * Methil Pilots *

National Amalgamated Coal Workers' Union The National Amalgamated Coal Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1889 and 1922. It represented coal porters and carmen. History The union was formed as the National Amalgamated Coal Porters Union of I ...

National Amalgamated Labourers' Union The National Amalgamated Labourers' Union (NALU) was a trade union representing unskilled labourers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1889, initially based in Cardiff, and later in Swansea. Its membership long varied between 3,00 ...

National Amalgamated Stevedores' and Dockers' Society The National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers (NASD), sometimes referred to as the National Amalgamated Stevedores' and Dockers' Society, was a trade union in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded in 1871 as the Labour Protection ...

National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers The National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It represented stationary engine drivers and cranemen in a wide variety of industries, as well as less sk ...

National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers The National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS) is an organisation representing former colliery deputies and under-officials in the coal industry. History NACODS was established as a national trade union in 1910. P ...

National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (South Wales Area) The National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS) is an organisation representing former colliery deputies and under-officials in the coal industry. History NACODS was established as a national trade union in 1910. ...

National Association of Local Government Officers The National and Local Government Officers' Association was a British trade union representing mostly local government "white collar" workers. It was formed in 1905 as the National Association of Local Government Officers, and changed its full ...

(NALGO, now in

UNISON In music, unison is two or more musical parts that sound either the same pitch or pitches separated by intervals of one or more octaves, usually at the same time. ''Rhythmic unison'' is another term for homorhythm. Definition Unison or per ...

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National Association of Operative Plasterers __NOTOC__ The National Association of Operative Plasterers (NAOP) was a trade union representing plasterers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1860 and regarded itself as an amalgamation of three local societies. It immediately at ...

National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education The National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) was the British trade union and professional association for people working with those above statutory school age, and primarily concerned with providing education, tr ...

NATFHE
www.natfhe.org.uk
. Now amalgamated into the

University and College Union The University and College Union (UCU) is a British trade union in further and higher education representing over 120,000 academics and support staff. UCU is a vertical union representing casualised researchers and teaching staff, "permanent" ...

www.ucu.org.uk
, along with the

AUT AUT may refer to the following. Locations *Austria (ISO 3166-1 country code) *Agongointo-Zoungoudo Underground Town, Benin *Aktio–Preveza Undersea Tunnel, Greece *Airstrip on Atauro Island, East Timor (IATA airport code) Organizations *Arriva ...

* National Association of Youth Hostel Wardens *

National Federation of SubPostmasters The National Federation of SubPostmasters (NFSP) is a membership organisation, which represents subpostmasters in the United Kingdom and currently has more than 8,000 members who operate approximately 9,300 post office branches. Post Office Ltd i ...

National Glass Bottle Makers' Society The National Glass Bottle Makers' Society was a trade union representing workers involved in the manufacture of glass bottles in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in Leeds in 1903 as a split from the National Flint Glass Makers' Society ...

National Glass Workers' Trade Protection Association The National Glass Workers' Trade Protection Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1920, when the Yorkshire Glass Bottle Makers' United Trade Protection Society merged with the majority of the National Gla ...

National Union of British Fishermen The National Union of British Fishermen was a trade union representing fishermen in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1917 in Grimsby by Captain Bingham, a retired fishing skipper. It was originally known as the Grimsby Fishermen' ...

National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers The National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers (NUAW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1906 and 1982. It represented farmworkers. History The union was established as the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labou ...

National Union of Civil and Public Servants The National Union of Civil and Public Servants (NUCPS) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was formed in 1988 with the merger of the Civil Service Union and the Society of Civil and Public Servants. John Sheldon (trade unionist ...

(NUCPS) *

National Union of Co-operative Insurance Society Employees The National Union of Co-operative Insurance Society Employees (NUCISE) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union split from the recently formed National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers in 1922.Arthur Ivor Marsh and Victoria R ...

National Union of Dock Labourers The National Union of Dock Labourers (NUDL) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1889 and 1922. History It was formed in Glasgow in 1889 but moved its headquarters to Liverpool within a few years and was thereafter ...

(NUDL) *

National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs The National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs (NUDWSS) was a trade union representing administrative staff working in shipping and related industries in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1909 as the Port of London Staff Asso ...

National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers The National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers (NUDBTW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded in 1936 with the merger of the National Union of Textile Workers, which was the main union representing ...

National Union of Knitwear, Footwear & Apparel Trades The National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades (KFAT) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. History The National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades was formed in 1991 through the amalgamation of the National Union ...

(KFAT) *

Miners' Federation of Great Britain The Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) was established after a meeting of local mining trade unions in Newport, Wales in 1888. The federation was formed to represent and co-ordinate the affairs of local and regional miners' unions in Engla ...

National Union of Public Employees The National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) was a British trade union which existed between 1908 and 1993. It represented public sector workers in local government, the Health Service, universities, and water authorities. History The union w ...

(NUPE) *

National Union of Railwaymen The National Union of Railwaymen was a trade union of railway workers in the United Kingdom. The largest railway workers' union in the country, it was influential in the national trade union movement. History The NUR was an industrial union ...

(NUR) *

National Union of Seamen The National Union of Seamen (NUS) 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, ...

(NUS) *

National Union of Shale Miners and Oil Workers The National Union of Shale Miners and Oil Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1962. History The Scottish Shale Miners and Manual Workers' Union was founded in 1886 by John ...

National Union of Ships' Clerks, Grain Weighers and Coalmeters The National Union of Ships' Clerks, Grain Weighers and Coalmeters was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was in existence by 1912, at which time it had branches in central London, Grays, Millwall, Southampton, Surrey Docks and T ...

National Union of Ship's Stewards The National Union of Ship's Stewards, Cooks, Butchers and Bakers was the principal trade union for service personnel serving aboard British merchant ships between 1909 and 1921. It was formed in Liverpool in 1909 by Joe Cotter, a former Cunar ...

(NUSSCBB) *

National Union of Vehicle Builders The National Union of Vehicle Builders (NUVB) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The NUVB represented a mixture of skilled and unskilled workers in the automotive industry. History The union was formed in 1834 as the United Kingdom Societ ...

National Union of Vehicle Workers The National Union of Vehicle Workers was a trade union representing drivers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1888 as the London Carmen's Trade Union. By the following year, it had a membership of more than 6,000, but this then bega ...

National Winding and General Engineers' Society The National Winding and General Engineers' Society was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It primarily represented stationary engineers employed at underground coal mines to operate the winding engines which ran the mining hoists. The operat ...

North of England Engineers' and Firemen's Amalgamation The North of England Engineers' and Firemen's Amalgamation was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1939. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU a ...

North of England Trimmers' and Teemers Association The North of England Trimmers' and Teemers Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was formed in 1871 and merged with the Tyne and Blyth association in 1902. It had 1,500 members in 1908, increasing to 1,913 in 1915. Tr ...

* North of Ireland Operative Butchers' and Allied Workers' Association *

North of Scotland Horse and Motormen's Association North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography. Etymology T ...

North Wales Craftsmen and General Workers' Union The North Wales Craftsmen and General Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1923. References *Arthur Ivor Marsh. ''Concise encyclopedia of industrial relations.'' Gower ...

North Wales Quarrymen's Union The North Wales Quarrymen's Union (NWQU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded on 27 April 1874 at the Queen's Hotel, Caernarfon after a month of discussions between quarrymen from Dinorwic and other supporters ...

* Northern Carpet Trades Union *

Northern Ireland Textile Workers' Union The Northern Ireland Textile Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1930. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU amalgamations T ...

Northern Textile and Allied Workers' Union The Northern Textile and Allied Workers' Union was a trade union representing cotton factory workers in northern Lancashire in England. The union was founded in 1886 as the Accrington District Card and Blowing Room Operatives' and Ring Spinners' ...

Operative Bricklayers' Society The Operative Bricklayers' Society (OBS) was a British New Model Trade Union based in London. History The society was founded in 1818 as the London Bricklayers' Society, but by 1829 had developed into a national operative union. By the 1840s ...

(OBS) *

Port of Liverpool Staff Association The Port of Liverpool Staff Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1969 as part of the Association of Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Staffs, itself part of the Transport and General Workers' Union ...

Port of London Deal Porters' Union The Port of London Deal Porters' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1939. The union represented deal porters, who handled baulks of imported softwood at the Port of London, pr ...

* Portadown Textile Workers' Union *

Power Loom Tenters' Trade Union of Ireland The Power Loom Tenters' Trade Union of Ireland was a trade union representing workers involved in stretching linen being manufactured in the Belfast area of Ireland. The union was founded in 1877 as the Belfast and North of Ireland Power Loom Te ...

Process and General Workers' Union The Process and General Workers' Union was a British trade union representing workers involved in mining and processing salt, and related industries, mostly in Cheshire. History The union was founded in November 1888, as the Northwich Amalgamated ...

* Radcliffe and District Enginemen and Boilermen's Provident Society * Scottish Busmen's Union * Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union *

Scottish Farm Servants' Association The Scottish Farm Servants' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The organisation was founded in 1912, when a group of farm labourers from Turriff asked the Aberdeen Trades Council to help them form a union. Joseph Forbes Duncan, s ...

Scottish Primary Teachers' Association The Scottish Primary Teachers' Association (SPTA) was a Scottish teachers' union founded in August 2011.Scottish Seafishers' Union *

Scottish Slaters, Tilers, Roofers and Cement Workers' Society The Scottish Slaters, Tilers, Roofers and Cement Workers' Society was a trade union representing slaters in Scotland. The union was founded in Glasgow in 1866 as the Amalgamated Slaters' Society of Scotland, and initially focused on providing ...

Scottish Textile Workers' Union The Scottish Textile Workers' Union was a trade union representing textile workers in parts of Scotland. The union was founded as the Kirkcaldy Mill and Factory Workers' Union at an unknown date. By 1907, it had been renamed as the "Scottish Te ...

Scottish Transport and General Workers' Union (Docks) The Scottish Transport and General Workers' Union (Docks) was a trade union representing dock workers in Scotland, principally around Glasgow. The union was founded in 1932 by dock workers who resigned from the Transport and General Workers' Un ...

Scottish Union of Dock Labourers The Scottish Union of Dock Labourers was a Glasgow-based trade union for waterfront workers. It was formed during the seamen's and dockers' strikes of June–July 1911. Locally, it replaced the National Union of Dock Labourers, which had been ...

(SUDL) *

Sheffield Amalgamated Union of File Trades The Sheffield Amalgamated Union of File Trades was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1915 by the merger of the Machine File Forgers' Union and the Machine File Cutters' Union. In 1917, it merged with the hand-file forgers ...

Shield Guarding Staff Association A shield is a piece of personal armour held in the hand, which may or may not be strapped to the wrist or forearm. Shields are used to intercept specific attacks, whether from close-ranged weaponry or projectiles such as arrows, by means of ...

Staff Association for Royal Automobile Club Employees The Staff Association for Royal Automobile Club Employees was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1978. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU am ...

Staff Association of Bank of Baroda (UK Region) Staff may refer to: Pole * Staff, a weapon used in stick-fighting ** Quarterstaff, a European pole weapon * Staff of office, a pole that indicates a position * Staff (railway signalling), a token authorizing a locomotive driver to use a particula ...

SURGE Surge means a sudden transient rush or flood, and may refer to: Science * Storm surge, the onshore gush of water associated with a low-pressure weather system * Surge (glacier), a short-lived event where a glacier can move up to velocities 100 ...

(Skipton Union Representing Group Employees) *

Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section The Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section (TASS) was a British trade union. History The union was founded in 1913 by 200 draughtsmen, as the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen (AESD). It expanded rapidly, and ...

, now part of Amicus *

Union of Bookmakers Employees The Union of Bookmakers' Employees (UBE) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1974.The inaugural meeting was in Manchester Town Hall See also * List of trade unions * Transport and ...

* Union of Kodak Workers *

United Cut Nail Makers of Great Britain Protection Society The United Cut Nail Makers of Great Britain Protection Society was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1952. See also * TGWU amalgamations The Transport and General Workers Union (TGW ...

* UFS *

United Fishermen's Union The United Fishermen's Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1923 when the Tyne Steam Packet Provident Society merged with the South Shields Steam Tugboatmen's Provident Society. It was initially known as the ...

United Order of General Labourers The United Order of General Labourers was a trade union representing labourers, mostly in the construction industry, in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1878 in London, initially as a very small organisation - by 1887, it had only 64 ...

United Vehicle Workers The United Vehicle Workers was a trade union representing drivers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1919 when the London and Provincial Union of Licensed Vehicle Workers merged with the Amalgamated Association of Tramway and Vehicl ...

Unity Unity may refer to: Buildings * Unity Building, Oregon, Illinois, US; a historic building * Unity Building (Chicago), Illinois, US; a skyscraper * Unity Buildings, Liverpool, UK; two buildings in England * Unity Chapel, Wyoming, Wisconsin, US; a h ...

Watermen, Lightermen, Tugmen and Bargemen's Union The Watermen, Lightermen, Tugmen and Bargemen's Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was formed in 1925 when the watermen and lightermen belonging to the National Amalgamated Stevedores, Lightermen, Watermen and Dockers deci ...

Weaver Watermen's Association The Weaver Watermen's Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was first registered in 1898 and was based in Winsford, Cheshire. Its total membership was in the low 400s for most of its existence. It merged with the Transport and ...

* Whatman Staff Association *

Workers' Union The Workers' Union was a general union based in the United Kingdom, but with some branches in other countries. During the 1910s, it was the largest general union in the UK, but it entered a rapid decline in the 1920s, and eventually became part ...

Yorkshire Independent Staff Association Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...

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References

*E McGaughey, 'Democracy or Oligarchy? Models of Union Governance in the UK, Germany and US' (2017
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