Membership 
male 15,906 female 576 total 16,482
 www.aslef.org.uk

ATL

Association of Teachers and Lecturers
 www.atl.org.uk
Membership 
m 30,416 f 87,621 total 118,037

BECTU
Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union
Membership 
m 18,148 f 8,395 total 26,543

 www.bectu.org.uk

BFAWU
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union
 www.bfawu.org

Community

ex ISTC (steel) and texile unions merger

Membership 
m 55,644 f 11,844 total 67,488
 www.community-tu.org

CWU
Communication Workers Union

Membership 
m 191,118 f 47,699 total 240,817
 www.cwu.org

EIS
Educational Institute of Scotland

Membership 
m 14,470 f 44,359 total 58,829
 www.eis.org.uk

Equity
Actors

Membership 
m 18,085 f 17,857 total 35,942
 www.equity.org.uk

FBU
Fire Brigades Union

Membership 
m 43,467 f 2,372 total 45,839
www.fbu.org.uk

GMB

General, Municipal and Boilermakers

Membership 
m 327,512 f 248,380 total 575,892
 www.gmb.org.uk

MU
Musicians' Union

Membership 
m 23,289 f 8,352 total 32,461

 www.musiciansunion.org.uk

NASUWT
National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers

Membership 
m 73,867 f 177,896 total 251,763
 www.teachersunion.org.uk

NUJ
National Union of Journalists

Membership 
m 18,600 f 12,400 total 31,000
 www.nuj.org.uk

NUT
National Union of Teachers

Membership 
m 64,878 f 205,558 total 270,436
 www.teachers.org.uk

PCS
Public and Commercial Services Union
Membership 
m 123,810 f 186,686 total total 311,274

 www.pcs.org.uk

POA
Prison Officers' Association
Membership 

m 26,684 f 9,088 total 35,772

www.poauk.org.uk

Prospect

Managerial and professional

Membership 
m 79,695 f 21,837 total 101,532
 www.prospect.org.uk

RMT
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers

Membership 
m 65,952 f 8,587 total 74,539
 ww.rmt.org.uk

TSSA
Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

(railways/transport)

Membership 
m 20,835 f 8,396 total 29,231
 www.tssa.org.uk

TRADES UNION CONGRESS

www.tuc.org.uk

represents 59 unions with nearly 6.5m members

UCATT
Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians

Membership 
m 125,599 f 3,315 total 128,914
 www.ucatt.org.uk

UCU
University and College Union

Membership 
m 61,283 f 54,124  total 117,804
 www.ucu.org.uk

UNISON

Local government

Membership 
m 398,644 f 944,356 total 1,343,000
 www.unison.org.uk

Unite
Merger of Amicus (engineering) and TGWU (transport and general)

Membership 
m 1,508,318 f 433,292 total 1,941,610

 www.unitetheunion.org.uk

USDAW
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers

Membership 
m 143,935 f 197,356 total 341,291
 www.usdaw.org.uk