The National Communications Union (NCU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.
Predecessor | Post Office Engineering Union |
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Merged into | Communication Workers Union |
Founded | 16 February 1985[1] |
Dissolved | January 1995[1] |
Headquarters | Greystoke House, 150 Brunswick Road, London |
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Members | 155,000 (1990)[2] |
Affiliations | TUC, Labour |
The union was founded in 1985 when the Post Office Engineering Union and the Postal and Telecommunications Group of the Civil and Public Services Association merged. In 1995, it merged with the Union of Communication Workers to form the Communication Workers Union.[3]
General secretaries
edit- 1985: Bryan Stanley
- 1986: John Golding[4]
- 1989: Anthony Young[5]
References
edit- ^ a b John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.6
- ^ David Farnham, Employee Relations in Context, p. 269
- ^ National Communications Union 1982-95 Archives
- ^ "Ex-Labour minister John Golding dies", BBC News, 21 January 1999
- ^ CIRCULAR EMP/20/02: Independent Review of the Fire Service
External links
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