If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     Britain’s Trade Union Congress Interest groups in Britain generally have far less influence than interest groups in the United States, largely because one party controls the government and exercises a high degree of party discipline, leaving individual Members of Parliament with little influence over policy. However, a few groups are tightly linked to political parties and thus have more influence. One such group is the Trade Union Congress, by far the largest labor organization in Britain, which is closely associated with the Labour Party. The Labour Party has many ideological similarities with the moderate and liberal wings of the Democratic Party. Visit the TUC’s Web site at http://www.tuc.org.uk/ and, for comparison purposes, the Web site of the AFL-CIO at http://www.aflcio.org/. 1. What are some of the important activities of the TUC? Which of these activities are also important to American labor unions such as the AFL-CIO? 2. What is the policy-making body of the TUC? How does it determine representation? 3. What are current issues of concern for the TUC? 4. What are current issues of concern for the AFL-CIO? 5. Why, in general in any country, would a larger union have more influence on government policy than would a smaller union?