Derbyshire Group Staff Union

The Derbyshire Group Staff Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom, representing workers at the Derbyshire Building Society.

Derbyshire Group Staff Union
Founded1972
Date dissolved2010
Merged intoOne Union of Regional Staff
Members405 (2009)
AffiliationTUC
Key peopleSharon Penny, final general secretary
Office locationDuffield, Derbyshire
CountryUnited Kingdom
Websitewww.dgsu.org.uk

The union was founded in 1972 as the Derbyshire Building Society Staff Association.[1] In 1979, it applied for a Certificate of Independence, but this was refused. At the time, it had 267 members.[2] It was finally granted a certificate in 1986.[1]

The union affiliated to the Trades Union Congress in 2003 and adopted its final name in 2004.[1] In 2010, it merged with the Cheshire Group Staff Union to form One Union of Regional Staff.[3]

References

  1. History, Derbyshire Group Staff Union
  2. Arthur Ivor Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, p.284
  3. Britain's Unions, TUC
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