Derbyshire Group Staff Union Explained

Derbyshire Group Staff Union
Location Country:United Kingdom
Affiliation:TUC
Members:405 (2009)
Founded:1972
Dissolved:2010
Merged:One Union of Regional Staff
Headquarters:Duffield, Derbyshire
Key People:Sharon Penny, final general secretary
Website:www.dgsu.org.uk

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

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.

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

References

  1. http://www.dgsu.org.uk/4656/4710.html History
  2. Arthur Ivor Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, p.284
  3. http://www.tuc.org.uk/tuc/unions_main.cfm Britain's Unions