UFS (trade union)
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UFS | |
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| Merged into | Community |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1988 |
| Dissolved | 1 January 2017 |
| Headquarters | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK |
| Location | |
| Members | 2,535 |
Key people | Alan Wood, General Secretary Lynda Merrett, Assistant General Secretary Sue Horton, NEC Chair |
| Affiliations | AfF |
| Website | ufsdirect |
UFS was a trade union representing workers, principally in finance, in the United Kingdom.
The union was established in 1988 with its headquarters in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.[1] It was a non-profit-making organisation, and was not affiliated to the Trades Union Congress or to any political party,[1] although it was part of the Alliance for Finance.[2]
UFS members came from many different employment sectors and the union had partnership agreements with some of the UK's major employers, including Zurich Financial Services, Capita Group (Life & Pensions), IBM and CSC.
History
[edit]An Eagle Star Staff Union merged into the Banking, Insurance and Finance Union (BIFU) in 1981, becoming its Eagle Star Insurance Company Section.[3] In 1988, it split from BIFU, again becoming an independent Eagle Star Staff Union, under the leadership of local organiser Alan Wood.[4] It is from this date that the UFS dated his formation.[1]
Following the takeover of Eagle Star by Zurich Financial Services in 1998, ESSU changed its name to the Union of Finance Staff.[5] It later shortened its name to UFS. At the start of 2017, UFS merged into Community.[6]
National Executive Committee
[edit]As a union, UFS was a democratic organisation that is organised into geographic regions, and is controlled by a National Executive Committee (NEC) which was elected by UFS members from different regions.[7]
NEC members were not employed by UFS except the position of General Secretary, which, as well as being an employed position, was also an elected NEC seat.[7] The General Secretary of UFS from 1998 was Alan Wood.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c UFS, "About us"
- ^ Alliance for Finance, "Our Members"
- ^ Unite the Union, "Finance and Legal - history"
- ^ IRIS News, vols.30-34, p.391
- ^ Union of Finance Staff
- ^ Trade Union Certification Officer, "Certification Office: mergers"
- ^ a b UFS, "UFS Structure"
- ^ UFS, "UFS Staff"
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