It's a Winner - Trades Union Council Logo Competition

A logo for Trade Unions Councils

The trades union council movement has never had a logo it can call its own so we thought it was about time it did. Trades union councils are on the up not just in terms of numbers - 47 new trades union councils in the last two years - but also in terms of greater activism and a higher profile in their local communities, working with anti-cuts campaigns to defend jobs and services and to argue for the alternative. Trades union councils played a major part in the success of the demonstrations in March and November last year and again on 20 October. The logo will be sent out to trades union councils with simple guidance on the best way to use it but you can also download the artwork at the bottom of the page. All trades union councils are encouraged to include the logo in their printed and campaigning materials.

Designed by the Trades Union Council Movement!

The TUCJCC wanted something that people inside and outside the union movement would instantly recognise as meaning trades union council. So it asked trades union councils to design one.

Carla Paillard from Merseyside County Association of Trades Union Councils entered the winning design. So £50 of book tokens are on their way to her while Merseyside receives £200. The three runners up were from Dorchester, Southampton and Wolverhampton. Congratulations to all.

See the winning design - from the original hand-drawn concept to the final logo.

Our thanks to Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary, Andy Wheatley from the design company Rima Design (www.rimadesign.com) and Rob Sanders, from the TUC's Campaigns and Communications Department, who acted as our judging panel. Thanks to Andy who also worked-up the entries to a finished standard.

Downloads

The Trades Union Council logo is available to download in a variety of formats below. Please refer to the logo guidelines before using the logo.

Logo Guidelines:

• Download the logo guidelines (1.5mb PDF) - click on the link to view the guidelines in your browser or right-click on the link to save them. Please pass the guidelines to any external designers you work with that will need to use the Trades Union Councils logo.

Logo:

• Full colour logo - CMYK (eps - zip file) - for professional printing
• Full colour logo - CMYK (tiff file) - for Microsoft Word
• Full colour logo - RGB (jpeg file) - for Microsoft Word and to use online
• Two colour logo (eps - zip file) - for professional printing
• Greyscale logo (eps - zip file) - for professional printing
• White logo (eps - zip file) - for professional printing