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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 collective bargaining is the Trades Union Certification Officer .
The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. The IWGB is composed of eleven branches which organise workers within their chosen industry, run their own campaigns and have their own representative officials.
In 2012, union membership dropped below 6 million for the first time since the 1940s. [73] From 1980 to 1998, the proportion of employees who were union members fell from 52% to 30%. [74] [75] In 2021, it was reported that trade union membership had more than halved since 1979, [76] when 53 percent of workers were union members. [77]
Membership declined steeply in the 1980s and 1990s, falling from 13 million in 1979 to around 7.3 million in 2000. In 2012, union membership dropped below 6 million for the first time since the 1940s. [2] From 1980 to 1998, the proportion of employees who were union members fell from 52 per cent to 30 per cent. [11]
The Workers' Union was a general trade union based in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with small branches overseas. The union was founded on 1 May 1898. During the 1910s, it was the largest general union in the UK, but it went into decline in the 1920s. In 1929 the Workers' Union amalgamated into the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU).
The first groups in England to practice early trade unionism were the West of England wool workers and the framework knitters in the Midlands. [19] As early as 1718 a royal proclamation was given in opposition to the formation of any unsanctioned bodies of journeymen attempting to affect wages and employment. [20]
The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland—where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union [note 1] (ATGWU)—with 900,000 members (and was once the largest trade union in the world).
The Dockers' Union rapidly became the principal union for dockworkers in London, Bristol, Cardiff, and other ports in the south and south-west. In South Wales it attracted a large following amongst metal-workers. [3] The union was renamed the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1899. [4]