Which unions are affiliated to the TUC?
The trade unions which make up the TUC are all very different. They vary in size and in the types of jobs that their members do.
At one end of the scale UNISON, the biggest TUC union, has more than one million members. Many of the unions affiliated to the TUC have more than 100,000 members. At the other end of the scale there are a number of smaller unions - like the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) - with fewer than 2,000 members.
Some TUC unions are made up of people who do a particular job or work in a specific industry. Other unions - particularly the bigger ones - cover people in a range of different jobs and industrial sectors.
The TUC Web site includes a directory of affiliated unions. Browse through this list and you'll find the major 'general' unions, representing workers across many occupational areas, as well as some smaller unions covering employees in very narrowly defined industries. Here are some examples of these two types:
| Union | Membership | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNISON | 1,298,000 | 924,513 | 364,487 |
| AMICUS | 1,061,199 | Not available | Not available |
| T&G | 835,351 | 174,494 | 660,857 |
| GMB | 703,970 | 278,217 | 425,753 |
| General Union of Loom Overlookers | 256 | Not available | Not available |
| Card Setting Machine Tenters Society | 88 | Not available | Not available |
| Sheffield Wool Shear Workers Union | 15 | 3 | 12 |
Source: TUC Data, January 2003
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