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The Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation (TULO) was set up in 1994 by a motion to the Labour Party's Annual Conference. It had several forerunning organisations that co-ordinated trade union support for the Labour Party at election times such as trade unions for a Labour Victory and Trade Unionists For Labour. TULO is different in that, as a more formal organisation, it serves the dual purposes of not only co-ordinating trade union support for the Labour Party at elections, but also of acting as a channel of communication between the Party and its union partners on an ongoing basis.
The National Trade Union Liaison Officer is Byron Taylor, who acts as secretary to the National TULO Committee.
You can find contact details for Byron here.
National TULO Committee
There are 16 trade unions currently affiliated to the Labour Party at national level. On affiliation to the Labour Party, every union automatically becomes a member of the National Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation and its General Secretary is entitled to sit on the National TULO Committee, if they are an individual member of the Labour Party. The Committee is jointly chaired by a member from the union side, currently Tony Dubbins, and the Labour Party Chair, Harriet Harman MP.
The National Trade Union Labour Party Liaison Organisation Committee comprises:
Labour Party Leader (Gordon Brown MP)
Labour Party Deputy Leader (Harriet Harman MP)
General Secretary of the Party (David Pitt-Watson)
Deputy General Secretary of the Party (Chris Lennie)
Chair of the NEC (Michael Griffiths)
Convenor of the NEC trade union Group (Michael Griffiths)
Nominee from the trade union Group of MPs (Frank Doran MP & Tony Lloyd MP)
Nominee from the trade union Group of MEPs (Stephen Hughes MEP)
General Secretaries of all Labour's affiliated unions;
ASLEF - Keith Norman
BECTU - Gerry Morrissey
BFAWU - Joe Marino
Community - Michael Leahy
CWU - Billy Hayes
GMB - Paul Kenny
MU - John Smith
NACODS - Rowland Soar
NUM - Chris Kitchen
TSSA - Gerry Doherty
UCATT - Alan Ritchie
UNISON - Dave Prentis
UNITE (AMICUS) - Derek Simpson
UNITE (AMICUS) - Tony Dubbins
UNITE (TGWU) - Tony Woodley
UNITY - Geoff Bagnall
USDAW - John Hannett
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