The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is the co-ordinating body of trade unions, and local Trades Councils, in Scotland. With 39 affiliated unions as of 2007, the STUC represents around 630,000 trade unionists.
The STUC is a separate organisation from the British Trades Union Congress (TUC), having being established in 1897 as a result of a political dispute with the TUC regarding political representation for the Labour movement.
The current General Secretary of the STUC is Grahame Smith. His predecessors include Bill Speirs.
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