TUC
Purpose: The
TUC "is the voice of Britain at work".
It acts as an umbrella organisation for the country's trade unions. There is a
separate organisation operating in Scotland, the
Scottish Trades Union Congress.
Membership: 62 unions,
representing nearly six and a half million people.
Founded: 1868
Based:
Congress House, Great Russell Street, London
Structure: TUC policy
is set annually its Congress but between these meetings decision-making powers
rests with its general council. The 56 council members meet every two months.
The council also elects the TUC's executive committee once a year, from among
its members and the president for the year who chairs the council and executive
committee. Task groups and committees are established by the general council to
deal with specific policy areas.
General Secretary:
Brendan Barber
Deputy General Secretary: Frances O’Grady
Assistant general secretary: Kay Carberry
Head, economic and social affairs department:
Adam Lent
Head, equality and employment rights department:
Sarah Veale
Activities:
- Brings Britain’s unions together to draw up
common policies
- Lobbies the Government to implement
policies that will benefit people at work
- Campaigns on economic and social issues
- Represents working people on public bodies
- Represents British workers in international
bodies, in the European Union and at the United Nations employment body -
the International Labour Organisation
- Carries out research on employment -related
issues
runs an extensive training and education programme for union representatives
- Helps unions develop new services for their
members
- Helps unions avoid clashes with each other
- Builds links with other trade union bodies
worldwide
Shareholder activism:
The TUC has in recent years been a strong advocate of transparency by fund managers of their corporate governance
policies and proxy voting
decisions and has undertaken an
annual survey to encourage greater openness. Through its
member trustee network
it also encourages trustees to take corporate governance seriously and ask the
right questions of their fund managers. The network has around 1,000 members who
receive a quarterly newsletter and updates on regulatory and investment issues.
Links
TUC Pensions Information
TUC Fund Manager
Voting Survey
Member trustee Network
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