Editing Manufacturing, Science and Finance

{{short description|Former trade union of the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox union
|name         = MSF
|location_country= United Kingdom
|affiliation  = [[Trades Union Congress|TUC]], [[Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions|CSEU]]
|members      = 604,000 (1991)
|full_name    =Manufacturing, Science and Finance
|image        = File:Manufacturing,_Science_and_Finance_logo.jpg
|founded      = 1988
|dissolved    = 2001
|merged       = [[Amicus (trade union)|Amicus]]
|headquarters = 
|key_people   = [[Clive Jenkins]], [[Ken Gill]], [[Roger Lyons]]
|website      = 
|footnotes    = 
}}

'''Manufacturing, Science and Finance''' (or the '''Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union'''; almost exclusively known as '''MSF''') was a [[trade union]] in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. Over eighty members of [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] (primarily members of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]) were members.

==History==
The MSF was the result of a merger in January 1988 between the [[Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs]] (ASTMS) and the [[Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section]] (TASS). In 1991, it had 604,000 members, but this fell to 446,000 in 1996, the most rapid decline of any major British union.<ref>David Needle, ''Business in Context: An Introduction to Business and Its Environment'', p.139</ref>

In 2001 the MSF merged with the [[Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union]] to form [[Amicus (trade union)|Amicus]]. The [[General Secretary]] of MSF from 1992 until the merger with Amicus was [[Roger Lyons]], who continued as Joint General Secretary of Amicus's MSF section. In 2007 Amicus merged with the [[TGWU]] to form [[Unite the Union|Unite]].

==Amalgamations==
Several unions amalgamated with the MSF:

* 1988: Church of England Children's Society Staff Association, Imperial Supervisors' Association, United Friendly Field Management Staff Association<ref name="chaison">Gary N. Chaison, ''Union Mergers in Hard Times: The View from Five Countries'', pp.175-184</ref>
* 1989: Imperial Group Staff Association<ref name="chaison" />
* 1990: [[Health Visitors' Association]]<ref name="chaison" />
* 1991: Australian Mutual Provident Society<ref name="chaison" />
* 1993: Hospital Physicists Association, [[National Union of Scalemakers]]<ref name="merger">"The British merger movement", Industrial Relations Journal, Vol.30, No.5</ref><ref name="smethurst">John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions'', vol.6, p.199</ref>
* 1994: Ceron Research Staff Association<ref name="smethurst" />
* 1997: College of Health Care Chaplains<ref name="smethurst" />
* 1998: [[Communication Managers' Association]]<ref name="smethurst" />
* 1999: Britannic Supervisory Union, Corporation of London Staff Association, [[National Union of Insurance Workers]], Neilson Staff Association<ref name="merger" /><ref name="smethurst" />
* 2000: Lloyds Registry Staff Association, [[Union of Textile Workers]]<ref name="smethurst" /><ref>Peter Carter and John B. Smethurst, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions: Volume 6'', p.116</ref>
* 2001: Leicester Housing Association Staff Association

==Leadership==
===General Secretaries===
:1988: [[Clive Jenkins]] and [[Ken Gill]]
:1988: [[Ken Gill]]
:1992: [[Roger Lyons]]

===Assistant General Secretaries===
:1988: Roger Lyons and [[Barbara Switzer]]
:1992: John Chowcat and Barbara Switzer
:1997: John Chowcat
:1999: ''Post vacant''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://mrc.epexio.com/records/MSF Catalogue of the MSF archives], held at the [[Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick]]

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[[Category:Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1988 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Trade unions established in 1988]]
[[Category:Trade unions disestablished in 2001]]


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