Trade Unions
STUC Affiliates' websites
- Public and Commercial Services Union [PCS] : Areas covered: government departments and agencies, public bodies, private sector information technology and other service companies
- Unite the Union : Areas covered: manufacturing, engineering, energy, construction, IT, defence aerospace, motor industry, civil aviation, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, steel and metals, shipbuilding, scientists, technologists, professional and managerial staff, electronics and telecommunications, tobacco, food and drink, textiles, ceramics, paper, professional staff in universities, commercial sales, the voluntary sector, financial services, and the National Health Service
- Prison Officers Association [Scotland] : Areas covered: persons employed in any penal or secure establishment or special hospital as a prison officer, a nursing grade, a non-industrial stores grade and special hospitals staff
- FDA : Areas covered: civil service, public bodies and NHS
- British Orthoptic Society (BOS) : Areas covered: orthoptists
- National Union of Marine Aviation And Shipping Transport Officers (NUMAST) : Areas covered: merchant navy and all related areas
- EQUITY : Areas covered: performance workers in theatre, film television, radio and variety
- Educational Institute of Scotland [EIS] : Areas covered: teachers, lecturers, associated educational personnel (Scotland)
- Connect : Areas covered: telecommunications, information technology and related industries
- Community and District Nursing Association [CDNA] : Areas covered: community and district nurses
- National Union of Mineworkers : Areas covered: Mining
- Communication Workers Union [CWU] : Areas covered: posts and telecommunications in Post Office, British Telecom, Cable and Wireless, Cable TV, National Girobank and related industries
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy [CSP] : Areas covered: physiotherapy and health service
- Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) : Areas covered: railways (drivers, operational supervisors and staff)
- British Dietetic Association (BDA) : Areas covered: the science of dietetics in the private and public sector
- ACCORD : Areas covered: All staff within HBOS plc, including the retail network, Intelligent Finance, HBOS Card Services, Halifax Direct, Clerical Medical, Halifax Estate Agents, HBOS Life and Pensions.
- Fire Brigades Union [FBU] : Areas covered: local authority fire brigades
- GMB : Areas covered: civil air transport, security, AA, aerospace, defence, clothing, textiles, food production and distribution, retail, hotel, catering, chemicals and process, construction, building supplies, furniture and timber, local government, NHS, care, education, engineering, offshore, shipbuilding, energy, utilities
- Musicians' Union [MU] : Areas covered: performers engaged in the music profession including music writers and instrumental music teachers
- National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers [NASUWT] : Areas covered: education
- National Union of Journalists [NUJ] : Areas covered: journalism Glasgow Branch, Dundee Branch
- COMMUNITY : Community was formed in 2004 following the merger of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC) and the National Union of Knitwear, Footwear & Apparel Trades (KFAT).
- National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers [RMT] : Areas covered: railways and shipping, underground, road transport
- Prospect : Areas covered: engineering, scientific, managerial
- Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists [SCP].
- Society of Radiographers [SoR] : Areas covered: National Health Service
- Transport Salaried Staffs' Association [TSSA] : Areas covered: administrative, clerical, supervisory, managerial, professional and technical employees of railways, London Underground, buses, road haulage, port authorities and waterways in Great Britain and Ireland. Also employees in the travel trade, hotel and catering industries
- Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians - [UCATT] : Areas covered: construction and building
- Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers [USDAW] : Areas covered: retail, distributive, food processing and manufacturing, laundries, catering, chemical processing, pharmaceutical, football pools, home shopping, warehouses, insurance agents, clerical, milkround and dairy process, call centres.
- University & Colleges Union [Scotland] : Areas covered: academic and related staff in higher education
- UNISON Scotland : Areas covered: local government, health care, the water, gas and electricity industries, further and higher education, schools, transport, voluntary sector, housing associations, police support staff.
- Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union [BECTU] : Areas covered: broadcasting, film, video, theatre, cinema and related sectors
- Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association.
- Scottish Society of Playwrights : The Scottish Society of Playwrights represent the interests of playwrights in Scotland and Scottish playwrights abroad.


