Scottish Trades Union Congress

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STUC
STUC logo.png
Full name Scottish Trades Union Congress
Founded 1897
Members 630,000
Country Scotland
Key people Grahame Smith, General Secretary
Office location Glasgow
Website www.stuc.org.uk

The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is the co-ordinating body of trade unions, and local Trades Councils, in Scotland. With 39 affiliated unions as of 2007, the STUC represents around 630,000 trade unionists.

The STUC is a completely separate and autonomous organisation from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) of Great Britain; indeed it was established in March 1897, in Glasgow, as a result of a political dispute with the TUC regarding political representation for the Labour movement (see Labour Party)[1].

The current General Secretary of the STUC is Grahame Smith. His predecessors include Bill Speirs.

Contents

[edit] STUC affiliate unions

[edit] General secretaries

1922: William Elger
1949: George Middleton
1963: James Jack
1975: James Milne
1986: Campbell Christie
1998: Bill Speirs
2006: Grahame Smith

[edit] Projects

  • Scottish Union Learning
  • One Workplace Equal Rights
  • Close the Gap

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • The Bairns o' Adam - The Story of the STUC, by Keith Aitken, 1997

[edit] External links

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