Unions back the People’s Charter

The Trade Union Congress voted to support the Charter in 2009. Most of the main national unions, as well as many local Trades Councils, and individual union branches and regions have also individually backed the Charter. The list of national unions who have adopted the Charter is below

Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) www.rmt.org.uk
Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) www.cwu.org
Fire Brigades Union (FBU) www.fbu.org.uk
Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) www.pcs.org.uk
National Union Teachers (NUT) www.teachers.org.uk
National Union Journalists (NUJ) www.nuj.org.uk
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) www.bfawu.org
University and College Union (UCU) www.ucu.org.uk
Trade Union Congress (TUC) www.tuc.org.uk

If your union or branch has supported the Charter, let us know so that we can publicise this. If not, why not take propose that it does.

Support for the Charter continues to expand. Among the thousands who have signed so far, prominent people from all walks of life are still coming forward to help build the campaign. Some of the initial signatories are listed below. 

Bob Crow (RMT)
Matt Wrack (FBU)
Tony Woodley (Unite)
Paul Kenny (GMB)
Chris Kitchen and Ian Lavery (NUM)
Sasha Callaghan (UCU)
Alan Ritchie, UCATT
John Smith (Musicians Union)
Gordon Taylor (Professional Footballers Association)
Billy Bragg (musician)
Mark Steel (comedian)
Saffron Burrows (actress)
Ken Loach (film director)
Max Stafford-Clark (theatre director)
Mark Thomas (comedian)
Howard Hodgkin (artist)
Antony Peattie (opera writer and critic)
Suzie Topolski (actress)
Caroline Conran (author)
Linda Marlowe (actress)
Paul Laverty (screen writer)
Michael Kingsbury  (art director)
Doreen Lawrence (mother of Stephen Lawrence)
Southall Black Sisters
Tony Benn 
Peter Tatchell (human rights activist)
Suresh Grover (civil rights campaigner)
Victoria Brittain (journalist)
John Hendy (QC)
Mike Mansfield (QC)
Imran Khan (solicitor)
Louise Christian (solicitor)
Michael Seifert (solicitor)
Steve Cottingham (solicitor)
Professor Keith Ewing, Kings College London
Professor Mary Davis, London Metropolitan University
Dr Matt Cook, Senior Lecturer, Birkbeck College
Professor John Howard, King’s College London

Political support

Individual MPs, MSPs and Councillors from different political parties have supported the Charter, including 35 MPs who signed an Early Day Motion in support of the Charter in Westminster Parliament in 2009.

Current elected MPs and MSPs supporting the Charter in England, Scotland and Wales are

England
John McDonnell MP (Labour, Hayes and Harlington)
Jeremy Corbyn MP (Labour, Islington North)
Marsha Singh MP (Labour, Bradford West)
Roger Godsiff, MP (Labour, Birmingham, Hall Green)
Dianne Abbot, MP (Labour, Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Tom Clarke, MP (Labour, Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)
Andrew George, (Lib Dem, St Ives and the Isle of Scilly_
Glenda Jackson MP lab Hamstead and Kilburn
Richard Burden, MP, Birmingham Northfield lab
Mike Hancock, MP (Lib Dem, Portsmouth South)
Mike Wood, MP (Labour, Batley and Spen)
Ronnie Campbell, MP (Labour, Blyth Valley)

Scotland
Elaine Smith MSP (Labour, Coatbridge & Chryston)
Bill Butler MSP (Labour, Glasgow Anniesland)
Marlyn Glenn MSP (Labour, North East Scotland)
Cathy Peattie MSP (Labour, Falkirk)
Frank McAveety MSP (Labour, Glasgow Shettleston)
Angela Constance MSP (SNP, Livingston)
Jamie Hepburn MSP (SNP, Central Scotland)
Bill Wilson MSP (SNP, West of Scotland)
John Wilson MSP (SNP, Central Scotland)
Angus Roberson, MP (SNP, Moray)
Kate Clark MP (North Ayrshire and Arran)

Wales
Martin Caton, MP (Labour, Gower)
Mark Williams MP (Lib Dem Ceredigion)