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Manufacturing, Science and Finance (or the Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union; almost exclusively known as MSF) was a trade union in Britain. Over eighty members of Parliament (primarily members of the Labour Party) were members.
HistoryEdit
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. 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.
AmalgamationsEdit
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
LeadershipEdit
General SecretariesEdit
- 1988: Clive Jenkins and Ken Gill
- 1988: Ken Gill
- 1992: Roger Lyons
Assistant General SecretariesEdit
- 1988: Roger Lyons and Barbara Switzer
- 1992: John Chowcat and Barbara Switzer
- 1997: John Chowcat
- 1999: Post vacant