This is a list of trade unions in the United Kingdom formed under

UK labour law United Kingdom labour law regulates the relations between workers, employers and trade unions. People at work in the UK have a minimum set of employment rights, from Acts of Parliament, Regulations, common law and equity (legal concept), equity. ...

. The criteria for being an independent trade union, free from employer influence and domination, are set out in the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 section 5. The body which oversees unions, and awards a certificate of independence for the purpose of

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is the Trades Union Certification Officer. For the context and history see Trade unions in the United Kingdom.

Union confederations

* General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) * Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) *

Trades Union Congress The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union center, national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions that collectively represent most unionised workers in England and Wales. There are 48 affiliated unions with a total of ...

(TUC)

Independent unions

The following is a list of trade unions that are Certificated as independent by the Certification Officer, as of 14 July 2020.

Other independent unions

* Accord * Advance *

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* Artists' Union England * Associated Train Crew Union * Association for Clinical Biochemistry * Association of Educational Psychologists * Association of Local Authority Chief Executives * Association of Revenue and Customs * Association of School and College Leaders * Britannia Staff Union * British Association of Dental Nurses * British Association of Journalists * British Association of Occupational Therapists * British Dental Association *

British Dietetic Association The British Dietetic Association (BDA) is a trade union for dietitians in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1936 and became a certified union in 1982. It is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and the Scottish Trades Union Congress. H ...

* British Orthoptic Society * Chartered Society of Physiotherapy * Ellington Branch of the North East Area of the National Union of Mineworkers* * FDA * Fire Officers Association * Guild of Professional Teachers of Dance, Movement to Music and Dramatic Arts * Immigration Service Union (ISU)
Independent Democratic Union
* Independent Pilots Association * Institute of Journalists Trade Union *

International Transport Workers' Federation The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is a democratic global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. In 2017 the ITF had 677 member organizations in 149 countries, representing a combined membership o ...

* * Leek United Building Society Staff Association * National Association of Co-operative Officials * National Association of Head Teachers * National Association of NFU Group Secretaries * National Association of Stable Staff *

National Crime Officers Association National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

* National Society for Education in Art and Design * Nationwide Group Staff Union * Pharmacists' Defence Association Union (PDA Union) * PPU * Prison Governors Association * Retail Book Stationery and Allied Trades Employees Association * Retained Firefighters Union *

Royal College of Midwives The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is a British midwives organisation founded in 1881 by Louisa Hubbard and Zepherina Smith. It has existed under its present name since 1947 and is the United Kingdom's only trade union or professional organisati ...

* Sales Staff Association * SKYSHARE * Social Workers Union (SWU) *

Society of Authors The Society of Authors (SoA) is a United Kingdom trade union for professional writers, illustrators and literary translators, founded in 1884 to protect the rights and further the interests of authors. Membership of the society is open to "anyon ...

* Society of Union Employees (UNISON) * Staff Union West Bromwich Building Society * Union of Democratic Mineworkers * United Road Transport Union *

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* Workers Uniting * Workers of England Union Scotland only * Aegis the Union * Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland * Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association * United and Independent Union Northern Ireland only * Belfast Airport Police Association * Financial Services Union * Independent Workers Union * Irish National Teachers' Organisation * Lough Neagh Fishermen's Association * Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance * SIPTU (Services, Industrial, Professional & Technical Union) * Ulster Teachers' Union

Non-independent unions

The following is a list of trade unions that have not been certificated as independent by the Certification Officer 31 March 2017.Certification officers Annual Report for 2016-17
Accessed 25 July 2018
App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU)
* Alliance for Finance * ASPSU * Association of Flight Attendants* * Association of Somerset Inseminators * Association of Trade Union Political and Public Sector Staff* * Balfour Beatty Group Staff Association * Blue Chip Staff Association * Boots Pharmacists Association * City Screen Staff Forum * Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions* * Criminal Justice Workers Union* * Currys Supply Chain Staff Association * Disabled Workers Union * Employees Representatives* * Employees United * Federation of Entertainment Unions* * G4S Care and Justice Services Staff Association * General Federation of Trade Unions *

Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), formerly known as the Headmasters' Conference and now branded HMC (The Heads' Conference), is an association of the head teachers of 351 private fee-charging schools (both boarding schools ...

* Independent Workers Union of Great Britain * Institute of Football Management and Administration *

* * Leeds Building Society Colleague Association * Leicestershire Overmen Deputies and Shotfirers Association * Locum Doctors Association * MyUnion * National House Building Council Staff Association * News Union * North of England Zoological Society Staff Association * Palm Paper Staff Association * Professional Cricketers' Association * Professional Footballers' Association * Professional Footballers' Association Scotland* * RSPB Staff Association * Rugby Players Association * Scottish Colliery Enginemen Boilermen and Tradesmens Association* *

Society of Local Council Clerks The Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) is the professional body for Local Council Clerks. As of 2017, it represents the Clerks to over 5,000 councils. History The SLCC was formed in 1972 at a side meeting held during the National Associati ...

* * Union of Country Sports Workers * United Voices of the World * Warwick International Staff Association * Welsh Rugby Players Association Scotland only * Association of College Staff Scotland * Independent Federation of Nursing in Scotland * Professional Footballers' Association Scotland* * Scottish Artists Union * Scottish Colliery Enginemen Boilermen and Tradesmens Association* Northern Ireland * IMPACT

Historical unions

* Altogether Builders' Labourers and Constructional Workers' Society * Amalgamated Association of Carters and Motormen * Amalgamated Carters, Lorrymen and Motormen's Union * Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) * Amalgamated Marine Workers' Union (AMWU) * Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (ASCJ) * Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths and Pattern Makers (ASE) * Amalgamated Society of Foremen Lightermen of River Thames * Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen * Associated Horsemen's Union * Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians (ACTT, now in BECTU) * Association of Coastwise Masters, Mates and Engineers * Association of University Teachers AUT * Association of Principal Fire Officers * Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel * Belfast Breadservers' Association * Belfast Journeymen Butchers' Association * Belfast Operative Bakers' Union * British Association of Colliery Management * British Seafarers' Union (BSU) * Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union * Burnley, Nelson, Rossendale and District Textile Workers' Union * Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coal Trimmers' Union * Chemical Workers' Union * Civil and Public Services Association (CPSA) * Community and Youth Workers' Union * Confederation of Health Service Employees (COHSE) * Connect (???–2010) (now in Prospect) * Cumberland Enginemen, Boilermen and Electrical Workers' Union * Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union (DWRGLU) * Dundee Pilots * Electricity Supply Staff Association (Dublin) * Federation of Professional Railway Staff * File Grinders' Society * Gibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices Union * Gibraltar Confederation of Labour * Gibraltar Labour Trades Union * Government Civil Employees' Association * Grangemouth Pilots' Association * Greenock Sugar Porters' Association * Grimsby Steam and Diesel Fishing Vessels Engineers' and Firemen's Union * Halifax and District Carters' and Motormen's Association * Humber Amalgamated Steam Trawlers' Engineers, and Firemen's Union * Imperial War Graves Commission Staff Association * Institution of Professional Civil Servants * Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union * Irish Union of Hairdressers and Allied Workers * Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC) * Iron, Steel and Wood Barge Builders and Helpers Association * Labour Protection League * Leith and Granston Pilots * Liverpool and District Carters' and Motormen's Union * London Co-operative Mutuality Club Collectors' Association * Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners' and General Workers' Union * Manchester Ship Canal Pilots' Association * Manufacturing Science and Finance (MSF) * Methil Pilots * National Amalgamated Coal Workers' Union * National Amalgamated Labourers' Union * National Amalgamated Stevedores' and Dockers' Society * National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers * National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers * National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (South Wales Area) * National Association of Local Government Officers (NALGO, now in

UNISON Unison (stylised as UNISON) is a Great Britain, British trade union. Along with Unite the Union, Unite, Unison is one of the two largest trade unions in the United Kingdom, with over 1.2 million members who work predominantly in public servic ...

Scottish Farm Servants' Association The Scottish Farm Servants' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The organisation was founded in 1912, when a group of farm labourers from Turriff asked the Aberdeen Trades Council to help them form a union. Joseph Forbes Duncan, sec ...

* Scottish Primary Teachers' Association (2011–2012) * Scottish Seafishers' Union * Scottish Slaters, Tilers, Roofers and Cement Workers' Society * Scottish Textile Workers' Union * Scottish Transport and General Workers' Union (Docks) * Scottish Union of Dock Labourers (SUDL) * Sheffield Amalgamated Union of File Trades * Shield Guarding Staff Association * Staff Association for Royal Automobile Club Employees * Staff Association of Bank of Baroda (UK Region) * SURGE (Skipton Union Representing Group Employees) * Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section, now part of Amicus * Union of Bookmakers Employees * Union of Kodak Workers * United Cut Nail Makers of Great Britain Protection Society * UFS * United Fishermen's Union * United Order of General Labourers * United Vehicle Workers * Unity * Watermen, Lightermen, Tugmen and Bargemen's Union * Weaver Watermen's Association * Whatman Staff Association * Workers' Union * Yorkshire Independent Staff Association

Notes

References

*E McGaughey, 'Democracy or Oligarchy? Models of Union Governance in the UK, Germany and US' (2017
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