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.
Historyedit
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 Committeeedit
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]
trade, union, topic, this, article, meet, wikipedia, notability, guidelines, companies, organizations, please, help, demonstrate, notability, topic, citing, reliable, secondary, sources, that, independent, topic, provide, significant, coverage, beyond, mere, t. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources UFS trade union news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message UFS was a trade union representing workers principally in finance in the United Kingdom UFSUFSMerged intoCommunityFounded1988Dissolved1 January 2017HeadquartersCheltenham Gloucestershire UKLocationEnglandWalesChannel IslandsIsle of ManMembers2 535Key peopleAlan Wood General SecretaryLynda Merrett Assistant General SecretarySue Horton NEC ChairAffiliationsAfFWebsiteufsdirect wbr org 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 amp Pensions IBM and CSC History editAn 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 editAs 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 nbsp This article related to a United Kingdom trade union is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title UFS trade union amp oldid 1084216788, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
