TUC

Organizations & Companies abbreviation · Professional Association and Labor Union

TUC
Stands forTrades Union Congress
CategoriesOrganizations & Companies

TUC stands for Trades Union Congress, a professional association and labor union abbreviation.

Federation of trade unions in England and Wales, representing about 5.5 million workers through dozens of affiliated unions, which campaigns on pay, employment rights and workplace safety.

Example: The TUC called for a national day of action against the pay freeze.

Usage notes

First held in Manchester in 1868, it helped create the Labour Party in 1900 and called the 1926 General Strike. Scotland has a separate Scottish Trades Union Congress. Its annual congress each September sets union policy.

More professional association and labor union abbreviations

  • RMT – National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
  • SAE – SAE International
  • SAG-AFTRA – Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio…
  • SEIU – Service Employees International Union
  • SHRM – Society for Human Resource Management
  • SPJ – Society of Professional Journalists
  • UAW – United Auto Workers
  • UCU – University and College Union
  • UFCW – United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
  • UFW – United Farm Workers
  • UMWA – United Mine Workers of America
  • UNITE HERE – UNITE HERE

See all 95 professional association and labor union abbreviations →

Edited by the AbbreviationList.com team. Spotted an error or a missing meaning? Contact us.