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Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is a socialist electoral alliance launched in Britain for the 2010 General Election. Prominent trade union support comes from the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT). TUSC's co-founder was former general secretary of the RMT, Bob Crow. Leading members of the Public and Commercial Services Union, the Prison Officers Association, the National Union of Teachers and the Fire Brigades Union are on the steering committee. Prominent participating socialist groups include the Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, and Solidarity. In the 2015 General Election, TUSC stood 135 parliamentary candidates across England, Wales and Scotland, and 619 in the local elections. TUSC has a few affiliated councillors in Walsall,〔http://www.tusc.org.uk/16791/17-06-2013/walsall-councillors-challenge-dont-evict-for-bedroom-tax-arrears〕 Southampton,〔http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/20630〕 Hull,〔http://www.tusc.org.uk/17068/04-03-2015/there-is-an-alternative-to-austerity-rebel-councillors-show-so-could-you-be-a-candidate〕 and Warrington.〔http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/20135〕 ==Foundation: No2EU == At the March 2009 Socialist Party congress, RMT executive members Alex Gordon and Brian Denny addressed Socialist Party delegates in an official capacity, outlining the RMT's proposal for workers slates in the European elections in June. At a later congress session this initiative was formally agreed by congress delegates, and No to EU – Yes to Democracy (NO2EU) was formed. NO2EU, an electoral alliance, headed by Bob Crow, between the RMT, the Communist Party of Britain and the Socialist Party, subsequently led to the formation of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition. The Socialist Party, which had previously participated in the Socialist Alliance and Welsh Socialist Alliance and backed the Campaign for a New Workers' Party, termed No2EU "an important first step towards independent working class political representation", despite criticisms of the name and other minor issues. The Socialist Party stated it "would prefer a name that includes 'socialism', for marked ideological contrast to New Labour, and also one that makes it clear that the coalition is a working class alternative." 〔 Nevertheless, the Socialist Party noted the success of Die Linke in Germany, the New Anticapitalist Party in France and Coalition of the Radical Left in Greece, and emphasized the need for a "genuine socialist alternative" in the European elections. After the European elections, in July 2009, the CPB released a statement〔http://www.communist-party.org.uk/ec-110709.pdf〕 expressing willingness to continue the No2EU programme and support left-wing alliance candidates in some constituencies, but also called for a vote for Labour Party candidates in others. However, on 17 January 2010 the Executive Committee of the Communist Party declined to formally participate in the coalition. Negotiations to found the coalition continued over several months after the EU election. One proposed name for the coalition was "Trade Unionists and Green Socialists Alliance". The RMT, which had formally supported No2EU, initially decided, in January 2010, not to similarly back TUSC, but allowed individual branches to support it.〔Clive Heemskerk, "Trade unionist and socialist coalition", ''The Socialist'', 3 February 2010 http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/610/8762〕 It later gave TUSC candidates its full backing (see below). On 12 January 2010, the coalition was announced and subsequently, the RMT National Council of Executives supported 20 TUSC candidates on receipt of local RMT branch requests.〔Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidates, http://www.tusc.org.uk/candidates.php〕 TUSC chairperson Dave Nellist stood as a candidate for the coalition in the constituency of Coventry North East. Among the other candidates were Jackie Grunsell in Colne Valley constituency, Keith Gibson in Hull West and Hessle, Dave Hill in Brighton Kemptown, Ian Page in Lewisham Deptford, Rob Williams in Swansea West and Tim Cutter in Southampton Itchen. Some political groups such as the Alliance for Workers Liberty and the ''Weekly Worker'' newspaper have argued that the coalition was formed in secret and without democratic input. Meanwhile, just after the 2009 European Elections, the SWP, which had not taken part in No2EU but which had itself been part of the Socialist Alliance and the Respect Party, published its "Open Letter to the Left", in which it called for "a united fightback to save jobs and services" and subsequently joined TUSC. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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