General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
The General Secretary of the TUC is the chief permanent officer of the Trades Union Congress, and a major figurehead in the trade union movement in the United Kingdom.
Image: Charles William Bowerman in 1917 looking at camera
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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions that collectively represent most unionised workers in England and Wales. There are 48 affiliated unions with a total of about 5.5 million members. Paul Nowak is the TUC's current General Secretary, serving from January 2023.
Tyldesley miners outside the Miners Hall during the 1926 general strike
Make Poverty History banner in front of Congress House