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Who are the Trades Union Congress (TUC)?

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What is the Trades Union Congress (TUC)?

The Trades Union Congress:

• 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 UN 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

The TUC is the voice of Britain at work. With 70 affiliated unions representing nearly seven million working people from all walks of life, we campaign for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad. The TUC negotiates in Europe, and at home builds links with political parties, business, local communities and wider society.

Useful information

The TUC website address is www.tuc.org.uk
By visiting the site, you will find information about all aspects of trade union activities and affiliated trade unions.

Worksmart

workSMART is a TUC site, helping today's working people get the best from work. Visit the site via the link below for free comprehensive, plain-English guides to all aspects of your employment rights, your health at work, and pay and pensions, as well as a jargon buster to explain technical terms and an interactive trade union finder. workSMART can be found at www.worksmart.org.uk

Click on the above link to visit the workSMART website.

Know Your Rights Line

Call 0870 600 4882 (national rate, 8am-10pm). Call the TUC's Know Your Rights line to order information booklets (see list below under heading, 'Know Your Rights Leaflets) on your employment rights and other workplace issues.

Know Your Rights leaflets

The TUC publishes a series of free leaflets explaining your rights at work and dealing with other common workplace problems. You download these online here, or read them online at workSMART.

These include;
Maternity leave and pay
Paternity leave and pay
Adoption leave and pay
Flexible working for parents
You're not alone: trade union representation at work
Time's up for long hours
Young people at work
Agency workers have rights too!
Your rights as a home worker
Time off for families
Working in the UK: rights for migrant workers (English)
Working in the UK: rights for migrant workers (Czech, English, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian,
Polish, Russian, Slovak, French, Spanish.)

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