Trades Union Congress

Trades Union Congress
AbbreviationTUC
Founded1868 at Mechanics' Institute, Manchester
HeadquartersCongress House,
London, WC1
Location
Members
5.5 million (2022)
General Secretary
Paul Nowak
AffiliationsITUC
Websitewww.tuc.org.uk

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions that collectively represent most unionised workers in England and Wales.[1] There are 48 affiliated unions with a total of about 5.5 million members.[2] Paul Nowak is the TUC's current General Secretary, serving from January 2023.[3]

  1. ^ "Trade union statistics 2022". GOV.UK. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ "About the TUC". TUC. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. ^ osdjay (12 July 2022). "Paul Nowak to be TUC's next general secretary". TUC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.