TUCDIRECTORY TRUSTED BY YOUR UNION best practice advice • returning officer statutory ballots • industrial action ballots turnout maximisation • independent scrutineer consultative ballots • data processing and capture secure print and fulfilment • results analysis artwork and design • membership profiling • e-voting e-distribution • branded voting websites digital engagement Contact us: 020 8365 8909 [email protected] @ERSvotes CONTENTS SECTION 1 SECTION 6 INTRODUCTION INTERNATIONAL Welcome 5 International affiliations 92 TUC structure 8 ITUC regional organisations 95 ITUC global union federations 96 SECTION 2 TUC PEOPLE SECTION 7 EXTERNAL CONTACTS Policy staff at Congress House 14 Policy staff in the regions 21 Campaigning and community 100 Employer organisations 103 SECTION 3 and professional bodies TUC SERVICES Financial and other services 105 Government 106 Information service 24 Industrial relations, workers’ 109 Publishing 24 rights and union history Websites 24 International 110 TUC Aid 25 Legal 111 Organising Academy 26 Pensions 112 Centres for the Unemployed 26 Political 112 Trades Union Councils 27 Research organisations 113 TUC and young people 27 and public bodies Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum 29 Skills and education 115 TUC Library Collections 29 TUC archive 30 SECTION 8 CALENDAR 118 SECTION 4 TRADE UNIONS Union statistics 32 TUC member unions 41 Confederations of unions 78 SECTION 5 UNIONLEARN AND TUC EDUCATION TUC Education 81 Learning through unions 86 1 SECTION ONE INTRODUCTION WELCOME 5 TUC STRUCTURE 8 WELCOME TO THE 2015 EDITION OF THE TUC DIRECTORY Every membership organisation offers a single, reliable, statistical resource for those who follow its fortunes, and for the TUC that is the Directory, our annual yearbook about TUC work and that of our member unions. I hope you will find it useful in 2015. 5 An electronic version is available from INTRODUCTION www.tuc.org.uk/tuc_directory_2015 The affiliates section now contains a helpful list of unions by work sector, as well as some data from the latest Labour Force Survey of trade union density and reach, presented as infographics. This year will be a crucial one for working people trying to make ends meet. Although the economy is picking up, the second phase of cuts will lacerate the public sector still further. Workers continue to face huge pressure on their living standards as wages struggle to keep up with the cost of living. As the election approaches, the TUC must continue to be an effective advocate for fair taxes, decent jobs and higher pay. We have much to do. The TUC and Britain’s unions stand ready for a busy 2015. Frances O’Grady General secretary Photo © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk © Jess Photo The TUC is the voice of Britain at work. Our overall objectives are to raise the quality of working life and promote equality for all. Our mission is to be a high profile organisation that campaigns successfully for trade union aims and values; assists trade unions to increase membership and effectiveness; cuts out wasteful rivalry; and 6 promotes trade union solidarity. INTRODUCTION Who we are ǃ provide, or help unions provide, an extensive programme of work-based Just as individual workers benefit learning services, helping to raise by joining together in a union, so national levels of learning and skills unions gain strength by acting together through the TUC. The TUC brings ǃ organise a wide range of training for unions together to draw up common around 44,000 union reps each year policies on issues that matter to ǃ help unions develop new services people at work. for their members We represent more than 5.5 million ǃ help unions avoid clashes with workers in 52 unions. Globally we are each other part of a union family with 175 million members in more than 150 countries. ǃ have offices in central London, in Cardiff, in Brussels and at Our unions range in size from Unite with regional centres across England. 1.3 million members to small specialist unions with only a few hundred. Most unions are also affiliated to the Global Our campaign priorities Union Federation for their sector. The TUC’s campaign plan, updated for the countdown What we do to the 2015 general election, sets out the strategic goals for ǃ make representations to which we are campaigning: government and represent AND JOBS, A NEW GROWTH ECONOMY British workers on European A LIVING FAIR WAGEPAY AND Union and international bodies Jobs, growth and a AND GOOD DECENT SERVICES WELFARE THE TUC’S CAMPAIGN PLAN new economy A VOICE RESPECT AT WORK AND ǃ campaign on workplace issues STRONG UNIONS ǃ exposing the COUNTDOWN: 300 DAYS ǃ represent working people unbalanced nature and TO A FUTURE THAT WORKS on public bodies risks of the recovery ǃ carry out research on economic ǃ demanding a million and employment-related issues new council houses, an effective ǃ work with others to build industrial strategy, banking international solidarity and to reform, full employment and a connect the trade union movement transformed skills system and in Britain to unions across the globe fighting for a fair tax system ǃ campaigning with the Strong unions European TUC for investment ǃ supporting the next generation and jobs across Europe. of union activists and training young activists in organising Fair pay and the living wage and campaigning ǃ exposing Britain’s living ǃ developing ideas for a ‘union standards crisis check-off’ and opposing plans to limit industrial action rights. ǃ demanding fair and equal pay, a higher minimum wage and 7 the spread of the living wage Why we need to act INTRODUCTION ǃ helping unions fight to end public Never has a strong voice for Britain’s sector pay freezes and caps unions been more necessary. Never have the TUC’s campaigns for ǃ showing how migrant workers people at work been so urgent. aren’t the problem – low pay and exploitation are. Economic growth might be back but the living standards squeeze goes on for millions of workers Good services and decent welfare who have seen the worst decline in ǃ fighting for properly funded, real wages since Victorian times. publicly owned, democratically Austerity bites with cuts to public run public services and a new services and welfare while the gains deal for public service workers of growth go to a few at the top. ǃ defending the welfare state through Unions have led the way in putting the Saving our Safety Net campaign pay and the cost of living at the centre of the political debate. We’ve ǃ demanding comprehensive organised community and workplace childcare and a proper adult campaigns, industrial action and mass care system with dignity for demonstrations to get our message elderly and disabled people. across loud and clear – Britain needs a pay rise. We’ve fought for fair taxes Respect and a voice at work and for a voice for workers in the boardroom, campaigned against ǃ exposing the growth of vulnerable the hated bedroom tax and trained work such as zero-hours contracts thousands of union reps and activists. and bogus self employment The 2015 general election is the most ǃ campaigning against important in a generation. We must employment tribunal fees step up our campaigning, as set out in ǃ exposing and opposing the plan unanimously supported by the discrimination against TUC’s affiliates. The TUC is determined pregnant workers to harness the potential of a united movement to win support for a future ǃ demanding an employee voice that works. on remuneration committees and workers on the board. TUC structure How the TUC makes policy Motions sent to Congress Representation on that body IONS E UN AD TR Trades Councils and Trades Councils Conference Equalities Conferences and Young Workers Conference Congress Trades Councils Joint Consultative Committee General Council Equalities Committees and Young Workers Forum The union officials who Executive make up membership of the General Council and Committee Executive Committee are shown on pages 10–11 The end of Congress meeting of TUC STRUCTURE the General Council also elects the Unions pay an affiliation fee to the President for that Congress year. TUC and in return receive a range of The 2014–15 president is Leslie services and the opportunity to work Manasseh of Prospect; he chairs together to draw up common policies. General Council and Executive meetings and is consulted by the general secretary on all major issues. Policy-making There are also committees that link TUC policy is set by the annual to other parts of the trade union Congress, which meets each year in 9 movement. The Women’s Committee INTRODUCTION early September. All affiliated unions are includes members elected at the entitled to be represented – the number annual TUC Women’s Conference as of delegates depends on the size of the well as General Council members. union. Congress considers motions that The Race Relations Committee, have been submitted by unions and by the Disabled Workers’ Committee various conferences. It also receives a and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and report from the General Council and any Transgender Committee have similar special statements which have been links to their own conferences. The agreed for presentation to Congress. Young Workers Forum also reports The 2015 Congress will be held in to the General Council, as does the Brighton from Sunday 13 to body for Trades Union Councils Wednesday 16 September. (local trade union bodies). The TUC consults union officers Policy enactment in a variety of ways, both formal and informal. The 60 members of the General Council meet every two months at All these structures are supported Congress House to oversee the TUC’s by TUC staff. See pages 11–20. work programme and sanction new As well as sending delegates policy initiatives.