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Trades Councils

The TUC Solidarity Hub project supports unions to make a success of their campaigns and disputes so together we can win for workers everywhere.

For many localised disputes, it is often the case that winning support in the local community is at the heart of any successful campaign. This could be through attending picket lines to show support, signing petitions, platforming local speakers at events or helping with financial appeals. Our trades councils have been providing that local support for working people for over 100 years and continue to play a vital role in galvanising the community and bringing people together. Trades councils are the local trade union movement! 

What is a Trades Union Council?  

Trades union councils, often known as trade councils (TC's), are local groups of trade unionists who live and/or work in the area and are elected by their trade union. 

TCs promote effective solidarity in disputes, joint campaigns on issues such as health, education, welfare and transport, and, in general, provide the vital link between the workplace and the wider working-class community. They play a vital role in bringing together solidarity and showing support for trade union members taking action Find out more about TC’s.

Find my local trades council 

Trades union councils promote working-class solidarity in local communities. Find your nearest trades council or county association from the list below.

For further information on trade’s councils please contact tradescouncils@tuc.org.uk or Carl Roper, Secretary of the TUC Joint Consultative Committee at croper@tuc.org.uk





Trades councils

London, East and South East

Barnet Trades Council
Contact: Bahir Laattoe, bahir.laattoe@yahoo.co.uk


Battersea & Wandsworth Trades Union Council
Contact: Spencer Barnshaw, barnshaw@barnshaw.plus.com


Barking Dagenham and Havering Trades Union Council
Contact: Susan Aitouaziz, s.aitouaziz@hotmail.co.uk or BDHTUC@hotmail.com


Basildon & Thurrock Trades Union Council
Contact: Chris Huggins, basrockTUC@virginmedia.com


Bedford and District TUC
Contact: Mike Cattell, mikecattell883@yahoo.co.uk


Bexhill and Battle Trades Union Council 
Contact: Paul Plim,pjplim@hotmail.com


Brent Trades Council
Contact:   Jonathan Fluxman, jfluxman@hotmail.com


Brighton Hove and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Andy Richards, Brightontradescouncil@gmail.com


Bromley Trades Union Council
Contact: Diane Datson, rubbish4949@outlook.com


Cambridge & District Trades Council
Contact: Sylvia Carter, sylviacarter45@btinternet.com


Camden Trades Council
Contact: Sarah Friday, camdentradescouncil@gmail.com


Chelmsford & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Andrew Coburn, acoburn@blueyonder.co.uk


Cities of London and Westminster Trades Council
Contact: Dil Joshi, diljoshi19@gmail.com 


Colchester and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Raph Pigott, r.pigott@levysolicitors.co.uk


Croydon Trades Union Council
Contact: Roy Aird, roy.aird@cwuslsnh.org


Ealing Trades Union Council
Contact: Oliver New, olivernew@btopenworld.com


Enfield Trades Council
Contact: John Dolan, enfieldtuc@hotmail.com


Great Yarmouth & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Claire Wardley, clairesam1@live.co.uk


Greenwich & Bexley Trades Union Council
Contact: Lynne Chamberlain, Lynnechristinechamberlain@gmail.com 


Hackney Trades Union Council
ContactDoug Holton, hackneytucouncil@gmail.com


Haringey Trades Union Council
Contact: Paul Power, haringeytuc@gmail.com


Harlow and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Kay Morrisonkaym03355@gmail.com


Harrow Trades Union Council
Contact: Tony O'Hara, harrowtuc@gmail.com


Hastings & District Trades Council
Contact: Jonathan Lee, hastingstuc@outlook.com


Hillingdon Trades Union Council
Contact: Steve Harbord, steveharbord@hotmail.com


Hounslow Trades Council
Contact: Bill Reed, billreed2245@msn.com


Islington Trades Council
Contact: George Sharkey, george.sharkey@gmbactivist.org.uk


Ipswich & District Trades Council
Contact: Callan Kemp, emailcallan@gmail.com


King's Lynn and District Trade Unions Council
Contact: Jo Rust, jo4nn3rust@hotmail.co.uk


Lewes & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Bill Ball, ltucbill@gmail.com


Luton TUC
Contact: Mick Wright, mickovercoat752@gmail.com


Medway Trades Union Council
Contact: Steve Wilkins, medwaytuc@googlemail.com


Merton and Sutton Trades Union Council
Contact: Stephen Browett, mertonandsuttontuc@gmail.com


Newham Trades Union Council 
Contact: Angharad Hillier, hillier_a@hotmail.com


North East Kent Trades Union Council
Contact: Pauline Farrance, paulinefw@hotmail.com


North Norfolk Trades Union Council
Contact: Martin Booth, mbooth0853@outlook.com


North Sussex and East Surrey Trades Council
Contact: Stephen Pritchard, blueskies1977@gmail.com


Norwich & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Kent, norwichtradescouncil1886@gmail.com


Oxford & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Pól Ó Ceallaigh, secretary@odtuc.org.uk


Peterborough Trades Union Council
Contact: Hazel Perry, peterboroughtuc@gmail.com


Portsmouth Trades Union Council
Contact: Louis MacDonald, macdonaldlouis3@gmail.com 


Reading Trades Union Council
Contact: Ali McNamara, readingtradesunioncouncil@gmail.com 


Redbridge Trades Union Council
Contact: Bob Archer, bobarcher46@btinternet.com


Slough & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Margery Thorogood, margery.thorogood@hotmail.co.uk


Southend Trades Council
Contact: Rachel Heemskerk, southendtuc@gmail.com


Southampton & South West Hampshire Trades Union Council
Contact: Declan Clune, sotontuc@gmail.com
Phone: 07873 958510 


Southwark Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Gay, davegay49@hotmail.com


Stevenage and District Trades Council 
Contact: Mark Kerr, stevenagetuc@gmail.com


Tower Hamlets Trades Council
Contact: Glyn Robbins, glynrobbins@aol.com


Uttlesford District
Contact: David O'Brien, secretary@uttlesfordtuc.com


Waltham Forest Trades Council
Contact: Kevin Parslow, wftradescouncil@gmail.com


Watford Trades Union Council
Contact: Philip Brown, leveller@myphone.coop


Waveney District Trades Union Council 
Contact: Richard Chilvers, rchilvers49@gmail.com



West Surrey Trades Council
Contact: Ellie Waple, eleanor.waple@surreycc.gov.uk


Winchester & District Trades Council
Contact: Elaine Fullaway, elainefullaway@gmail.com


Wisbech, March and District Trades Council
Contact: Nick Williams, salixchas@live.com

Midlands

Birmingham Trades Union Council
Contact: Alex Masko, secretary.btuc@gmail.com


Chesterfield & District TUC
Contact: Allister MacTaggart, mactaggartallister@gmail.com


Coventry Trade Union Council
Contact: Phil Street, coventrytuc@gmail.com


Derby Area Trades Union Council 
Contact: Moz Greenshields, mozgreenshields@gmail.com


Dudley Trades Union Council
Contact: Jessica Stoll, dudleytuc@gmail.com


East Staffordshire Trades Union Council
Contact: William Walker, williamh204@sky.com


High Peak Trades Union Council
Contact: Adrian Cowley, Adrian.Cowley@unitetheunion.org 


Leicester & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Chris Willars, titwillars@hotmail.com


Lincoln & District Trades Council
Contact: Calvin Bissitt, calvinshbissitt@gmail.com


North Staffordshire Trades Union Council
Contact: Joe McCluskey, nstradescouncil@gmail.com


Northampton and District Trade Union Council
Contact: Anjona Roy, secretary@ntuc.org.uk


Nottinghamshire, Mansfield and Nottingham Trades Council
Contact: Alan Barker, a.barker@nottingham.ac.uk




Walsall Trades Union Council
Contact: Shahin Akhtar, walsalltuc@yahoo.com


Wolverhampton, Bilston and District
Contact: Nick Kelleher, info@wolvestuc.org.uk


Worcester Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Mitchell, wtucgroup@gmail.com


North East, Yorkshire & The Humber

Barnsley Trades Union Council
Contact: George Arthur, tucbarnsley@gmail.com


Berwick and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Sarah Roelofs, simonsimondixon@aol.com


Bradford and Shipley Trades Union Council
Contact: Isabel Cooke, bandstuc@gmail.com


Calderdale TUC
Contacts: Nigel Smith, calderdaletuc@gmail.com 


Darlington Trades Union Council
Contact: Alan Docherty, darlingtontuc@gmail.com


Durham and Districts Trades Council
Contact: Sol Gamsu, sol.j.gamsu@durham.ac.uk



Gateshead Trades Union Council
Contact: Tony Dowling, toe.knee.dowling@gmail.com


Hartlepool Trades Union Council
Contact: Martin Dunbar, martin.dunbar50@gmail.com


Huddersfield Trades Union Council
Contact:   Bob Stoker,   info@huddersfield-tuc.org.uk


Hull and District Trades Council 
Contact: Joe Gibbins, joegibbins65@googlemail.com


Keighley Trades Union Council
Contact: Stephen David Towers, ktuc@hotmail.co.uk


Leeds Trades Union Council
Contact: Jane Aitchison, leedstuc@gmail.com


Newcastle upon Tyne Trades Union Council
Contact: Paul Ford, secretary@newcastle-tuc.org.uk


North Tyneside Trades Union Council
Contact: Terry McPartlan, terrymcpartlanok@yahoo.com


Rotherham Trades Council
Contact: Jill Adams, adajill1290@gmail.com


Sheffield Trades Union Council
Contact: Sam Morecroft, smorecroft@sheffield.ac.uk 



Sunderland Trades Union Council 
Contact: Dave Allan, dave.allan@unitetheunion.org


Teesside Trades Union Council 
Contact: Leo Barnbrook, ejeffries73@gmail.com


Wakefield and District TUC
Catherine Porritt, WfandDistrict-TUC@gmx.com


York & Districts Trade Union Council
Contact: Michael Kearney, tucyork@gmail.com

North West

Barrow Trades Union Council
Contact: Mandy Penellum, juniperx2023@gmail.com


Blackburn and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Ian Gallagher, secretary@bdtuc.co.uk


Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre Trades Union Council
Contact: Ken Cridland, kencridland@yahoo.co.uk


Bolton and District United Trades Council
Contact: Kev Allsop, Secretary@BoltonTUC.org


Bury TUC
Contact: Chris Neville, Burytucsec@gmail.com


Carlisle & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Pete Sunter, petesunter.nasuwt@gmail.com


Chorley and District TUC
Contact: Andy Cunningham, andrew.cunningham@neu.org.uk


Crewe & District Trades Council
Contact: Nina Hammill, creweanddistricttuc@gmail.com


Halton Trades Union Council
Contact: Ian McIntyre, HaltonTUC@gmail.com


Knowsley Trades Union Council
Contact: Steve Murphy, steblues@live.co.uk


Lancaster & Morecambe Trades Union Council
Contact: David Barnes, dkb@pop3.poptel.org.uk


Liverpool Trade Union Council
Contact: Margaret McAdam, margmcadam@gmail.com


Manchester Trades Union Council
Contact: John Pye, treasurer@manchestertuc.org.uk


North East Lancashire Trades Union Council
Contact: Peter Thorne, peter.thorne@sky.com


Oldham Trades Council
Contact: Melanie Kitchin, meldislikescomputers@hotmail.co.uk


Preston & South Ribble Trades Union Council
Contact: Tracey Rheged-Armer, PrestonSouthRibbletuc@yahoo.com


Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Trades Council
Contact: Stefan Cholewka, stefan.cholewka@btinternet.com


Salford Trades Union Council
Contact: Chris Neville, salfordtucsec@gmail.com



Warrington District Trades Union Council
Contact: Andy Warnock-Smith, a.warnocksmith@ntlworld.com


West Cheshire Trades Union Council
Contact: Ray McHale, ray.mchale@btopenworld.com


Wirral Trades Council
Contact: Ian Seddon, wirraltuc@gmail.com

South West

Bath Trades Union Council
Contact: Michael Carley, secretary@bathtuc.org


Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Trades Union Council
Contact; Gareth Drinkwater, garethdrinkwater@hotmail.co.uk


Bridgwater and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Chapple, davidchapple2020@gmail.com


Bristol Trades Council
Contact: Sheila Caffrey, bristoltradesunioncouncil@gmail.com


Cheltenham and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Tanbir Siddique, tanbirsiddique@msn.com


Cornwall Trades Union Council
Contact: Richard Westcott, secretary@cornwalltradescouncil.org


Dorset Trades Union Council
Contact: Jenny Lennon-Wood, rodent.major@btopenworld.com



Gloucester & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Neil Armitage, neil.armitage@unitetheunion.org 


Jersey Trades Union Council
Contact: Leigh Devine, jtucsecretary@gmail.com


Mendip Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Chapple, davidchapple2020@gmail.com


North Devon & Torridge Trades Union Council (formerly Taw & Torridge)
Contact: Cecily Blyther, cecily.blyther@petroc.ac.uk
 


Plymouth & District Trades Council
Contact: Liam Condron-Farnos, plymouthtuc@mail.com


Salisbury & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Darren James, darrenjames666@btinternet.com


Stroud Trades Council
Contact: Ruth Amias, secretary@stroudtuc.org


Taunton and West Somerset Trades Union Council 
Contact: Liz Payne-Ahmadi, payneahmadi@btinternet.com


Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset Trades Union Council
Contact: Louise Branch, louisebranch123@gmail.com


White Horse (Wiltshire) Trades Union Council
Contact: Rosie MacGregor, rosiemacgregor@icloud.com


Yeovil & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Osborne, oz_yeovil@hotmail.com

Wales

Caerphilly Trades Union Council

Contact: Mariam Kamish, caerphillytuc@outlook.com


Cardiff Trades Union Council
Contact: David Bartlett, CardiffCTUC@gmail.com


Conwy Trades Union Council

Contact: Ted Jenks, tedjenks925@outlook.com


Merthyr Tydfil Trades Union Council
ContactRobert Davenport, robertuk8@btinternet.com


Montgomeryshire Trades Union Council
Contact: Kait Duerden, kaitduerden@btinternet.com


Rhondda Cynon Taff Trades Union Council
Contact: AJ Le Brun, rcttradescouncil@gmail.com


Swansea Trades Union Council

Contact: Gareth Bromhall, swansea.tradescouncil@gmail.com


Torfaen Trades Union Council
Contact: Richard Morse, secretary@torfaentuc.org.uk



 


 

County associations

London, East and South East


Bedfordshire CATUC
Contact: Graham Tranquada, g.tranquadantlworld.com


Berkshire County Association
Contact: Margery Thorogood, MARGERY.THOROGOOD@HOTMAIL.CO.UK


Cambridgeshire County Association
Contact: Sylvia Carter, sylviacarter45@btinternet.com
Phone: 07719 926592 


Essex County Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact:   Andrew Coburn, acoburn@blueyonder.co.uk


Greater London
Contact: Mary Adossides, secretary@glatuc.org.uk


Hampshire County Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Louis MacDonald, macdonaldlouis3@gmail.com 


Hertfordshire County Association of Trades Councils
Contact: Philip Brown, leveller@myphone.coop
Phone: 01923 239512 



Oxfordshire County Association of Trades Councils
Contact: Pól Ó Ceallaigh, secretary@odtuc.org.uk



Surrey County Assocation
Contact: Ellie Waple, eleanor.waple@surreycc.gov.uk

Midlands

Derbyshire County Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Allister Mactaggart, mactaggartallister@gmail.com

North East and Yorkshire


Cleveland Association of Trade Union Councils
Contact: Bob Stephenson, ejeffries73@gmail.com


North Lincolnshire Trades Union Councils
Contact: Ken Vincent, Ken.vincent@gmbactivist.org.uk 


South Yorkshire County Association
Contact: Bob Jeffrey, bobjeffery.sheffieldtuc@gmail.com


Tyne & Wear CATUC
Social: Facebook
Contact: Martin Levy, twcatuc@aol.co.uk
 


West Yorkshire County Association
Contact: Nesar Rafiq, wycatuc@gmail.com
Phone: 07913 423040


 

North West

Cheshire Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Nina Hammill, c.catuc@aol.co.uk



GMATUC
Contact: Chris Neville, gmatucsec@gmail.com


Lancashire Association of Trades Union Councils (LATUC)
Contact: Peter Billington​​​​​​​, latuc@gmx.co.uk


Merseyside County Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Ian McIntyre, MerseysideTUCsecretary@gmail.com

South West

Somerset Association of Trades Councils
Contact: Dave Chapple, davidchapple2020@gmail.com

Wales

Cardiff County Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Bartlett, cardiffctuc@gmail.com




 

 

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