| 词条 | General Federation of Trade Unions (UK) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name= GFTU |country= United Kingdom |affiliation= |members= 214,000 |full_name= General Federation of Trade Unions |founded= 1899 |current= |head= |office= London, England |people= Doug Nicholls, General Secretary Ben Marshall, president |website= www.gftu.org.uk |footnotes= |image= }} The General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) is a national trade union centre in the United Kingdom. It has 35 affiliates with a membership of just over 214,000 and describes itself as the "federation for specialist unions". HistoryIn the 1890s, the development of socialist organisations and socialist thinking also found expression in the British trade union movement. Many of the new unions formed during that period were committed to the socialist transformation of society and were critical of the conservatism of the craft unions. The debate revolved around concept of building "one-big-union" which would have the resources to embark on a militant course of action and even change society. This thinking gained strength after the 1897 Engineering Employers Federation lockout which resulted in a defeat for engineering workers. The view that it was necessary to develop a strong, centralised trade union organisation by forming a federation, which had been rejected only two years earlier, was now endorsed at the Trades Union Congress of September 1897. This resulted in the establishment of the General Federation of Trade Unions at a special Congress of the TUC in 1899, the principal objective of which was to set up a national organisation with a strike fund which could be drawn upon by affiliated trade unions. GFTU participated in the foundation of the International Federation of Trade Unions at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam in July 1919. The federation has seen a large turnover of members, due largely to mergers in the movement. In 1979, its members were:[1]
By 2016, none of the 1979 members remained as independent unions. Current roleThe GFTU now concentrates on servicing the needs of specialist unions. It does this by providing courses, undertaking research for its affiliated Unions and administering a Pension Scheme for officials and staff of affiliated Unions. In keeping with its original objectives, the Federation pays dispute benefit in appropriate cases to affiliated Unions. The Governing Body is the Biennial General Council Meeting, attended by delegates from affiliated Unions, at which policy and rule changes are debated and an Executive Committee of 14 members elected to meet on a monthly basis between Biennial General Council Meetings. The Federation undertakes its Parliamentary activities by working closely with John Mann MP, Member of Parliament Bassetlaw constituency, particularly in respect of proposed legislation. Affiliated unionsFull members
Associate members
General Secretaries1899: Isaac Mitchell 1907: William A. Appleton 1938: George Bell 1953: Leslie Hodgson 1978: Peter Potts 1991: Michael Bradley 2010: Doug Nicholls Chairs
See also{{Portal|Organised labour}}
References
1. ^Jack Eaton and Colin Gill, The Trade Union Directory (1979), pp.2-3 External links
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