Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Trades Union Congress (UK) |
| Acronym: |
TUC
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| Legal status: |
trade union
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| Website address: |
http://www.tuc.org.uk
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Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Trade unions |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Frances O'Grady
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| Position: |
General Secretary |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mrs
Elena Crasta
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| Position: |
senior policy officer |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
TUC Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3LS
UNITED KINGDOM
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| Telephone number: |
(+4420) 7636 4030 |
| Fax number: |
(+) |
| Other contact information: |
Brussels Office
Elena Crasta
5 Bd Roi Albert II, B 1210
+322 224 0478
ecrasta@tuc.etuc.org
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
Representing more than 6 million workers in 55 unions, the TUC is the voice of Britain at work.
Our overall objectives are to raise the quality of working life and promote equality for all.
Our mission is to be a high profile organisation that campaigns successfully for trade union aims and values; assists trade unions to increase membership and effectiveness; cuts out wasteful rivalry; and promote trade union solidarity.
The Brussels office was established and functions to better enable the TUC to pursue these objectives at the European level, particularly within the ETUC.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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- sub-national
- national
- European
- global
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
1
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Complementary information:
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It is usually our Brussels office that engages in lobbying activities.
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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On most issues the TUC functions at the European level within the ETUC umbrella - and their (and our) interests are very wide. The TUC also maintains direct contacts with UK MEPs
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Budget
- Competition
- Development
- Economic and Financial Affairs
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Enlargement
- Enterprise
- External Relations
- Foreign and Security Policy and Defence
- General and Institutional Affairs
- Home Affairs
- Humanitarian Aid
- Internal Market
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Public Health
- Taxation
- Trade
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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The TUC is a member of the European Trade Union Confederation, the International Trade Union Confederation, and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD.
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
-
01/2012
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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< 50000
€
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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0 €
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Grants:
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0 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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