Mechanics' Institute, Manchester
The Mechanics' Institute, located at 103 Princess Street, Manchester, England, is notable as the building in which three significant British institutions were founded: the Trades Union Congress (TUC), the Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). In the 1960s it was occupied by the Manchester College of Commerce. It has been a Grade II* listed building since 10 May 1972.
Mechanics' Institute, Princess Street, Manchester
Plaque commemorating the first meeting of the Trades Union Congress at the Mechanics' Institute in 1868
Plaque commemorating the first meeting of the Co-operative Insurance Company at the Mechanics' Institute in 1867
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
