Greater London Association of Trade Union Councils
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Greater London Association of Trade Union Councils (GLATUC) is the largest County Association of Trades (Union) Councils in the Uk and covers the Greater London area. As the official Trades Union Congress
body for London
GLATUC seeks to co-ordinate activity by Trades (Union) Councils across the capital and works with individual unions and other organisations on a range of campaigns and activities. It is part of the national Trades Union Congress
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(LTC), which was founded in 1860. In the 1950s the LTC was in conflict with the TUC, and the 'London Federation of Trades Councils' was set up. GLATUC succeeded in 1974, originally called the Greater London Association of Trades Councils.
In 1985, on the 125th anniversary of the foundation of the London Trades Council, the GLATC (as it was then known) pubished its official history in a booklet largely compiled and written by Phil Katz of the Cities of London & Westminster Trades Council and an Assistant Secretary of the Association. This booklet is now out of print but copies are available in some libraries.
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GLATUC meets on the second Saturday of each month, from 10 am. The meetings are open to any London trade unionists as observers, on production of a valid trade union membership card.
GLATUC’s Annual General Meeting elects officers and Executive Committee members, who also meet once a month.
Trades Union Congress
The Trades Union Congress is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade unions...
body for London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
GLATUC seeks to co-ordinate activity by Trades (Union) Councils across the capital and works with individual unions and other organisations on a range of campaigns and activities. It is part of the national Trades Union Congress
Trades Union Congress
The Trades Union Congress is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade unions...
.
History
GLATUC is the successor body to the London Trades CouncilLondon Trades Council
The London Trades Council was an early labour organisation, uniting London's trade unionists. Its modern successor organisation is the Greater London Association of Trades Councils...
(LTC), which was founded in 1860. In the 1950s the LTC was in conflict with the TUC, and the 'London Federation of Trades Councils' was set up. GLATUC succeeded in 1974, originally called the Greater London Association of Trades Councils.
In 1985, on the 125th anniversary of the foundation of the London Trades Council, the GLATC (as it was then known) pubished its official history in a booklet largely compiled and written by Phil Katz of the Cities of London & Westminster Trades Council and an Assistant Secretary of the Association. This booklet is now out of print but copies are available in some libraries.
Structure
GLATUC is made up of delegates from the trades councils covering the London boroughLondon borough
The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. Inner London comprises twelve of these boroughs plus the City of London. Outer London comprises the twenty remaining boroughs of Greater London.-Functions:...
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They are:
- Bexley and Greenwich
- Bexley
- Barking and Dagenham
- BarnetBarnet Trades Union CouncilBarnet Trades Union Council is an association of trade union branches and individuals in north London, which describes itself as:...
- Brent
- Bromley
- Camden
- Cities of London and Westminster* see www.clwtc.org
- Croydon
- Ealing
- Enfield
- Hackney
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Havering
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington (and Chelsea
- Kingston upon Thames
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Merton and Sutton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond & Twickenham
- Southwark
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
GLATUC meets on the second Saturday of each month, from 10 am. The meetings are open to any London trade unionists as observers, on production of a valid trade union membership card.
GLATUC’s Annual General Meeting elects officers and Executive Committee members, who also meet once a month.