UK TRADE UNIONS ASLEF Main trades railways (drivers, operational supervisors and staff) Membership m 17,568 f 641 total 18,209 ATL Association of Teachers and Lecturers Main trades teachers, headteachers, lecturers and teaching support staff in nursery, primary, secondary schools, sixth form and further education colleges BECTU Main trades broadcasting, film, video, theatre, cinema and related sectors BFAWU Main trades food Membership total 30,000 approx Community ex ISTC (steel) and texile unions merger Main trades industries in and around steel and metal, knitwear, lace, textiles, hosiery, dyeing and finishing, footwear and leather, gloving, made-up leather goods Membership m 54,665 f 12,823 total 67,488 CWU Main trades Royal Mail Group, British Telecom and other telephone companies, Cable TV, Accenture HR Services, the Alliance and Leicester and other related industries Membership m 184,395 f 46,573 total 230,968 EIS Main trades teachers, lecturers, associated educational personnel (Scotland) Membership m 14,595 f 45,783 total 60,378 Equity Main trades performance workers in theatre, film television, radio and variety FBU Membership m 42,041 f 2,576 total 44,617 GMB General, Municipal and Boilermakers Main trades public services - primarily NHS, local government, care education; also engineering, construction, shipbuilding, energy, catering, security, civil air transport, aerospace, defence, clothing, textiles, retail, hotel, chemicals, utilities, offshore, food production and distribution Membership m 324,529 f 276,602 total 601,131 MU Main trades employed and self-employed musicians including live and recording artists, writers, composers and teachers Membership m 22,065 f 8,031 total 30,096 NASUWT NUJ Main trades journalists, photographers, new media and PR Membership m 18,288 f 11,670 total 29,958 NUT Membership m 69,751 f 224,184 total 293,935 PCS Main trades government departments and agencies, public bodies, private sector information technology and other service companies POA Main trades persons employed in any penal or secure establishment or special hospital as a prison officer, a nursing grade, a non-industrial stores grade and NHS secure forensic staff Prospect Main trades engineering, scientific, managerial & professional staff in agriculture, defence, electricity supply, energy, environment, health & safety, heritage, industry, law & order, shipbuilding, transport Membership m 93,2654 f 27,717 total 120,982 RMT Main trades railways and shipping, underground, road transport Membership m 70,737 f 9,304 total 80,041 TSSA Main trades administrative, clerical, supervisory, managerial, professional and technical employees of railways, London Underground, buses, road haulage, port authorities and waterways in Great Britain and Ireland. Also employees in the travel trade, hotel and catering industries Membership m 20,551 f 8,528 total 29,079 TRADES UNION CONGRESS represents 59 unions with nearly 6.5m members UCATT Main trades construction and building Membership m 128,728 f 2,131 total 130,859 UCU Main trades academic and academic related staff in higher education, further education, adult education, land-based education and prison education Membership m 61,132 f 56,331 total 117,463 UNISON Main trades local government, health care, the water, gas and electricity industries, further and higher education, schools, transport, voluntary sector, housing associations, police support staff Membership m 408,600 f 953,400 total 1,362,000 Unite Main trades manufacturing, engineering, energy, construction, IT, defence aerospace, motor industry, civil aviation, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, steel and metals, shipbuilding, scientists, technologists, professional and managerial staff, electronics and telecommunications, tobacco, food and drink, textiles, ceramics, paper, printing, professional staff in universities, commercial sales, the voluntary sector, banking and financial services, and the National Health Service, administrative, clerical, technical and supervisory; agriculture; building, construction and civil engineering; chemical, oil and rubber manufacture; civil air transport; docks and waterways; food, drink and tobacco; general workers; passenger services; power and engineering; public services; road transport commercial; textiles; vehicle building and automotive. USDAW Main trades retail, distributive, food processing and manufacturing, laundries, catering, chemical processing, pharmaceutical, home shopping, warehouses, insurance agents, clerical, milkround and dairy process, call centres Membership m 156,984 f 213,779 total 370,763
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