The SNP Trade Union Group (TUG) is a constituent structure and the largest affiliated organisation of the
Scottish National Party (SNP). Formed in the mid to late 1960s as the Association of Scottish Nationalist Trade Unionists (ASNTU), the original goals of the organisation were to recruit members to the SNP in the trade union movement and attract
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
-voting trade unionists to
Scottish independence. Refounded as the TUG in 2014 in the lead up to the
independence referendum
An independence referendum is a type of referendum in which the residents of a territory decide whether the territory should become an independent sovereign state. An independence referendum that results in a vote for independence does not alwa ...
, membership grew from 800 in September of that year to 16,000 by July 2015.
Representation in the SNP
The TUG is allowed to send delegates to the SNP's annual National Conference and to National Council meetings, and has one representative on the party's National Executive Committee.
See also
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Scottish National Party
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Scottish politics
The politics of Scotland operate within the constitution of the United Kingdom, of which Scotland is a home nation. Scotland is a democracy, being represented in both the Scottish Parliament and the Parliament of the United Kingdom since the S ...
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Trade unionism in Scotland
References
Trade Union Group
Trade unions in Scotland
1965 establishments in Scotland
Trade unions established in 1965
Political advocacy groups in Scotland
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