UFS_(trade_union)

UFS (trade union)

UFS (trade union)

Former trade union of the United Kingdom

UFS was a trade union representing workers, principally in finance, in the United Kingdom.

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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

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

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

  1. [1]
    UFS, "About us"
  2. [2]
    Alliance for Finance, "Our Members"
  3. [3]
    Unite the Union, "Finance and Legal - history"
  4. [4]
    IRIS News, vols.30-34, p.391
  5. [5]
    Union of Finance Staff
  6. [6]
    Trade Union Certification Officer, "Certification Office: mergers"
  7. [7]
    UFS, "UFS Structure"
  8. [8]
    UFS, "UFS Staff"


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