Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is a socialist electoral alliance in Britain. It was originally launched for the 2010 general election.
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| Abbreviation | TUSC |
| Leader | Dave Nellist |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | 17 Colebert House Colbert Avenue London E1 4JP |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| Colours | Pink, brown and red |
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TUSC's co-founder was the RMT union general secretary Bob Crow. Members of the PCS, Unison, NEU, FBU, UCU, Napo and POA unions are on the steering committee. The biggest component section of TUSC was the RMT until they disaffiliated at the 2022 RMT AGM. The most prominent participating political groups are the Socialist Party and the Resistance Movement. TUSC stood 135 (parliamentary) candidates across England, Wales and Scotland at the 2015 general election and 619 the same day in local government elections.
Following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party, TUSC did not stand candidates in the 2017 UK general election and suspended electoral activity in November 2018. In July 2020, the Socialist Party called for the relaunch of the alliance and in September the TUSC steering committee agreed to resume standing candidates in the 2021 UK local elections. It stood further candidates in the 2022 UK local elections.