National Union of Civil and Public Servants

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NUCPS
National Union of Civil and Public Servants
National Union of Civil and Public Servants logo.jpg
Merged with IRSF into Public Services, Tax and Commerce Union (PTC)
FoundedJanuary 1988
DissolvedMarch 1996
HeadquartersLondon, England
Location
  • United Kingdom
Key people
John Sheldon
Affiliations TUC
GCHQ march in Cheltenham 1992 NUCPS banner.jpg
GCHQ march in Cheltenham 1992

The National Union of Civil and Public Servants (NUCPS) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.

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The union was formed in 1988 with the merger of the Civil Service Union and the Society of Civil and Public Servants. [1] John Sheldon, former General Secretary of the CSU, became its General Secretary.

The union primarily worked in the UK Civil Service, but also in other public organisations.

In October 1994 NUCPS and the Inland Revenue Staff Federation agreed to merge. The merger took effect in January 1996 to form the Public Services, Tax and Commerce Union (PTC), and that in turn merged in March 1998 with the Civil and Public Services Association (CPSA) to form the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS). [2]

General Secretaries

1988: Leslie Christie
1993: John Sheldon

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References

  1. "Trade union family trees - Public and Commercial Services Union" (PDF). Trade Union Ancestors. 23 September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. A collection-level description for the papers of the National Union of Civil and Public Servants, University of Warwick