History & Policy

Peter Ackers, Visiting Professor, Loughborough University 6 October 2018 - 10:00 am - 17:00 pm Lecture Room 3, Bush House (North East Wing), King's College London, 30 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG In 1868, while suffering under major legal restrictions, the British trade unions teamed up to found a central body to lobby for their wider social and industrial aims and rights. Today, when unions are again subject to severe legal disadvantage, it is timely to recall the first Trades Union Congress (TUC) and unions’ achievements, and to look forward on union prospects for the future. A History & Policy Trade Union and Employment Forum conference, with speakers and chairs including: Sarah Veale, former Head of Equality and Employment Rights at the TUC Paul Nowak, TUC Deputy General Secretary Nick Jones, journalist and broadcaser, and former BBC industrial and senior political correspondent Lord John Monks, General Secretary of the TUC 1993-2003 Gail Cartmail, Assistant General Secretary, UNITE Laura Cohen, CEO,