 London, UK - 20 October 2012: thousands of protesters join the TUC-organised march 'A future that works' against austerity cuts in central London.
 Head of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions Mikhail Shmakov addressing the 6th session of the Federation of Independent
 Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses attendees during a signing ceremony between Russian trade unions, employers and the Russian Government January 29, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. The agreement governs labour relations for the next three years for over 70 million Russian workers.
 Liverpool, UK. 26th September, 2016. Ian Lavery MP Shadow Minister for Trade Unions and Civil Society Speaking at the Labour Conference Liverpool 2016 Credit: Della Batchelor/Alamy Live News
 Trade unions march in Seville, Spain, protesting unemployment and asking for support for public jobs and less family businesses
 Federation of Independent Trade Unions holds 6th convention in Moscow
 Trade Unions, Induction Training headlines concept.
 German Confederation of Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB) political ad, Berlin, Germany, Europe
 postal workers and members of the CGT and other trade unions are calling for a further general strike in Madrid
 Trade Unions pensions protest march Bath UK
 Union card of the former GDR (German Federation of Trade Unions)
 UK.MARCH FOR THE ALTERNATIVE ORGANIZED BY THE TUC (TRADE UNIONS CONGRESS) AGAINST GOVERNMENTS CUTS IN BUDGET. LONDON 26.3.2011
 Confederation of German Trade Unions
 All China Federation Of Trade Unions, Beijing, China
 Facade of the Yerevan House of Trade Unions and the Ministry of Communications.
 Belfast, Northern Ireland. 15th June 2013. Socialist Party banner at an anti-G8 protest organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Credit: Stephen Barnes/Alamy Live News
 Chairwoman of the Danish confederation of trade unions, LO, Lizette Risgaard, speaks on Labour Day in Faelledparken, Copenhagen.
 London, UK. 14th Feb, 2017. Trade unionists and supporters from the Show Culture Some Love campaign mark Show Culture Some Love Day and Heart Unions Week with a walking tour between some of London's most notable cultural landmarks to celebrate both the city's cultural heritage and the trade unions representing those who work and perform at those landmarks. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News
 France's trade unions Demonstrating in May 1, May Day Demonstration, Paris, France, Pension Reform, trade unions protests
 Different trade unions plaques in the Trades Hall Building Broken Hill New South Wales Australia
 Head of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions Mikhail Shmakov addressing the 6th session of the Federation of Independent
 President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin addresses attendees during a signing ceremony between Russian trade unions, employers and the Russian Government January 29, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. The agreement governs labour relations for the next three years for over 70 million Russian workers.
 Trade Unions Building in Odessa, a scene of devastation during the 2014 clashes.
 Trade unions march in Seville, Spain, protesting unemployment and asking for support for public jobs and less family businesses
 Federation of Independent Trade Unions holds 6th convention in Moscow
 Trade Unions, Induction Training headlines concept.
 German Confederation of Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB) political ad campaign concerning the minimum wage, Unte
 May Day march in Granada, Spain. The traditional workers' march held every year on 1 May is organized by Spain's trade unions
 TUC, Trade Unions Congress, London
 Union card of the former GDR (German Federation of Trade Unions)
 UK.MARCH FOR THE ALTERNATIVE ORGANIZED BY THE TUC (TRADE UNIONS CONGRESS) AGAINST GOVERNMENTS CUTS IN BUDGET. LONDON 26.3.2011
 Confederation of German Trade Unions
 The Trade Unions Culture Palace in Minsk.
 Trade Unions Building, Kiev, during the Euromaidan protests in 2014
 Belfast, Northern Ireland. 15th June 2013. The Irish Republican movement, the 32 County Sovereignty Committee hold their flag at an anti-G8 protest organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Credit: Stephen Barnes/Alamy Live News
 A postage stamp printed in POLAND shows VIII -XIX Congress of Trade Unions, circa 1980
 London, UK. 14th Feb, 2017. Trade unionists and supporters from the Show Culture Some Love campaign mark Show Culture Some Love Day and Heart Unions Week outside Equity as part of a walking tour between some of London's most notable cultural landmarks to celebrate both the city's cultural heritage and the trade unions representing those who work and perform at those landmarks. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News
 France's trade unions, protests against government austerity plans, Paris, Banner 'Today Greece, Tomorrow France'
 Different trade unions plaques in the Trades Hall Building Broken Hill New South Wales Australia
 Head of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions Mikhail Shmakov addressing the 6th session of the Federation of Independent
 Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Chairman Mikhail Shmakov addresses attendees during a signing ceremony between Russian trade unions, employers and the Russian Government January 29, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. The agreement governs labour relations for the next three years for over 70 million Russian workers.
 Public sector workers demonstration for protecting pensions, austerity, Public funding cuts, jobs, politics and trade unions.
 Trade unions march in Seville, Spain, protesting unemployment and asking for support for public jobs and less family businesses
 Students' trade unions stage rally outside House of Russian Government
 Trade Unions, Induction Training headlines concept.
 Chairman of the Federation of German Trade Unions (DGB) in Rhineland-Palatinate Dietmar Muscheid
 Lyon, France, 13th April 2018: Called by trade unions, SNCF employees are seen in Lyon (Central-Eastern France) on April 13, 2018 as they march in Part-Dieu area on the fifth day of action against status reform engaged by French Government. Credit: Serge Mouraret/Alamy Live News
 Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) nationwide strike. Guwahati, Assam, India. Jan 8, 2019. Activists from the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), which is politically aligned with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), block trains at Guwahati Railway Station during a nationwide strike in Guwahati, nearly 200 million Indian workers went on a two-day nationwide strike January 8 to protest 'anti-labour policies' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, triggering sporadic violence in some cities. PHOTO: DAVID TALUKDAR. Credit: David Talukdar/Alamy Live News
 Solidarity members, European trade unions demonstration during meeting of EU finance ministers on Sep 17, 2011 in Wroclaw Poland
 UK.MARCH FOR THE ALTERNATIVE ORGANIZED BY THE TUC (TRADE UNIONS CONGRESS) AGAINST GOVERNMENTS CUTS IN BUDGET. LONDON 26.3.2011
 House of Trade Unions in Odessa
 Chesterfield Trade Unions May Day March in Chesterfield Market town Derbyshire East Midlands England
 Mikhail Pavlovich Tomsky (1880 - 1936), trade unionist and Bolshevik leader. He was the Soviet leader of the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions.
 The Irish Congress of Trade Unions wall in Belfast, with the bronze statue of Philip Larkin.
 Sætun 1 saetun offices of various unions and trade associations reykjavik iceland
 London, UK. 14th Feb, 2017. Trade unionists and supporters from the Show Culture Some Love campaign mark Show Culture Some Love Day and Heart Unions Week outside Equity as part of a walking tour between some of London's most notable cultural landmarks to celebrate both the city's cultural heritage and the trade unions representing those who work and perform at those landmarks. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News
 France's trade unions, Woman Taking Photos, Selfies, protests against government plans to overhaul the pension system.
 Trade Unions Building on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kiev, Ukraine
 Head of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions Mikhail Shmakov addressing the 6th session of the Federation of Independent
 Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Chairman Mikhail Shmakov during a signing ceremony between Russian trade unions, employers and the Russian Government January 29, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. The agreement governs labour relations for the next three years for over 70 million Russian workers.
 Strike Montreal, CSN Confederation of National Trade Unions
 Trade unions march in Seville, Spain, protesting unemployment and asking for support for public jobs and less family businesses
 Students' trade unions stage rally outside House of Russian Government
 Ian Lavery MP Shadow Minister for Trade Unions and Civil Society Speaking at the Labour Confernce Liverpool 2016
 Chairman of the Federation of German Trade Unions (DGB) in Rhineland-Palatinate Dietmar Muscheid
 Lyon, France, 13th April 2018: Called by trade unions, SNCF employees are seen in Lyon (Central-Eastern France) on April 13, 2018 as they march in Part-Dieu area on the fifth day of action against status reform engaged by French Government. Credit: Serge Mouraret/Alamy Live News
 Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) nationwide strike. Guwahati, Assam, India. Jan 8, 2019. Activists from the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), which is politically aligned with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), block trains at Guwahati Railway Station during a nationwide strike in Guwahati, nearly 200 million Indian workers went on a two-day nationwide strike January 8 to protest 'anti-labour policies' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, triggering sporadic violence in some cities. PHOTO: DAVID TALUKDAR. Credit: David Talukdar/Alamy Live News
 Solidarity banners, European trade unions demonstration during meeting of EU finance ministers on Sep 17, 2011 in Wroclaw Poland
 Rome, Italy, 09th February, 2019. Rome February 9th 2019. Demonstration of the three Italian trade unions, CGIL, CISL, UIL. Foto Samantha Zucchi Insidefoto Credit: insidefoto srl/Alamy Live News
 John Burns addressing a meeting of dockers, London dock strike of 1889, Tower Hill, England
 Chesterfield Trade Unions May Day March in Chesterfield Market town Derbyshire East Midlands England
![Illustration showing the Tolpuddle Martyrs deported to Australia 1834. The Tolpuddle Martyrs were a group of 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for and convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers. The rules of the society show it was clearly structured as a friendly society and operated as a trade-specific benefit society. At the time, friendly societies had strong elements of what are now considered to be the predominant role of trade unions. On 18 March 1834,[1] the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced to penal trans - Stock Image](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/RJAR20/illustration-showing-the-tolpuddle-martyrs-deported-to-australia-1834-the-tolpuddle-martyrs-were-a-group-of-19th-century-dorset-agricultural-labourers-who-were-arrested-for-and-convicted-of-swearing-a-secret-oath-as-members-of-the-friendly-society-of-agricultural-labourers-the-rules-of-the-society-show-it-was-clearly-structured-as-a-friendly-society-and-operated-as-a-trade-specific-benefit-society-at-the-time-friendly-societies-had-strong-elements-of-what-are-now-considered-to-be-the-predominant-role-of-trade-unions-on-18-march-1834-1-the-tolpuddle-martyrs-were-sentenced-to-penal-trans-RJAR20.jpg) Illustration showing the Tolpuddle Martyrs deported to Australia 1834. The Tolpuddle Martyrs were a group of 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for and convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers. The rules of the society show it was clearly structured as a friendly society and operated as a trade-specific benefit society. At the time, friendly societies had strong elements of what are now considered to be the predominant role of trade unions. On 18 March 1834,[1] the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced to penal trans
 Belfast, Northern Ireland. 15th June 2013. Protesters call for an end to fracking at an anti-G8 protest organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Credit: Stephen Barnes/Alamy Live News
 ROSTA windows, stencilled Soviet propaganda poster, Trade Union Movement Week. Strengthen trade unions, 1921
 London, UK. 14th Feb, 2017. Trade unionists and supporters from the Show Culture Some Love campaign mark Show Culture Some Love Day and Heart Unions Week outside Equity as part of a walking tour between some of London's most notable cultural landmarks to celebrate both the city's cultural heritage and the trade unions representing those who work and perform at those landmarks. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News
 France's leading trade unions, Demonstrating in May 1, May Day Demonstration, Paris, France, Chinese People, Sans Papiers, Child with Red Flag
 Trade unions members participating in a TUC march in protest against the government's austerity measures
 Federation of Independent Russian Trade Unions stages protest For a Worthy Life in front of the State Duma the lower house of
 Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Chairman Mikhail Shmakov, right, shakes hands with President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin, left, during a signing ceremony between Russian trade unions, employers and the Russian Government Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin join in January 29, 2018 in Moscow, Russia.
 Pensions trade unions Unison TUC UCU protest TUC anti cuts strike 30th June 2011 Unions Unison NUT ATL
 Trade unions march in Seville, Spain, protesting unemployment and asking for support for public jobs and less family businesses
 View of the Palace of Culture of Trade Unions during celebration the City Day in Minsk city, Belarus Republic
 Liverpool, UK. 26th September, 2016. Ian Lavery MP Shadow Minister for Trade Unions and Civil Society Speaking at the Labour Conference Liverpool 2016 Credit: Della Batchelor/Alamy Live News
 Michael Sommer, Chairman of the German Federation of Trade Unions DGB
 Lyon, France, 13th April 2018: Called by trade unions, SNCF employees are seen in Lyon (Central-Eastern France) on April 13, 2018 as they march in Part-Dieu area on the fifth day of action against status reform engaged by French Government. Credit: Serge Mouraret/Alamy Live News
 Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) nationwide strike. Guwahati, Assam, India. Jan 8, 2019. Activists from the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), which is politically aligned with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), block trains at Guwahati Railway Station during a nationwide strike in Guwahati, nearly 200 million Indian workers went on a two-day nationwide strike January 8 to protest 'anti-labour policies' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, triggering sporadic violence in some cities. PHOTO: DAVID TALUKDAR. Credit: David Talukdar/Alamy Live News
 Solidarity members, European trade unions demonstration during meeting of EU finance ministers on Sep 17, 2011 in Wroclaw Poland
 Rome, Italy, 09th February, 2019. Rome February 9th 2019. Demonstration of the three Italian trade unions, CGIL, CISL, UIL. Foto Samantha Zucchi Insidefoto Credit: insidefoto srl/Alamy Live News
 Copenhagen, Denmark, June 15th, 2015: Demonstration in front of the Danish Labour Court, which begins it's final hearing in the case Ryanair versus LO (The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions). At the photo /lizetteRisgaard, deputy chairman for LO spoke to the demonstrators
 Chesterfield Trade Unions May Day March in Chesterfield Market town Derbyshire East Midlands England
 Unite Union Flag
 Statue of James Larkin, Irish Trade Union Leader & Socialist Activist, at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions wall in Belfast
 VASILI KUZNETSOV (1901-1990) Soviet politician while Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions about 1942
 London, UK. 14th Feb, 2017. Trade unionists and supporters from the Show Culture Some Love campaign mark Show Culture Some Love Day and Heart Unions Week outside Equity as part of a walking tour between some of London's most notable cultural landmarks to celebrate both the city's cultural heritage and the trade unions representing those who work and perform at those landmarks. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News
 Seniors at France's trade unions, protests against government plans to overhaul the national pension system. Paris, France
 Trade unions members participating in a TUC march in protest against the government's austerity measures
 Federation of Independent Russian Trade Unions stages protest For a Worthy Life on Moscow s Okhotny Ryad Street
 Ögb Austrian Trade Unions Logo
 Pensions trade unions Unison TUC UCU protest TUC anti cuts strike 30th June 2011 Unions Unison NUT ATL
 Federal congress of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB)
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