The National Union of Civil and Public Servants (NUCPS) was a trade union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

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The union was formed in 1988 with the merger of the Civil Service Union

Civil Service Union

The Civil Service Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was formed in 1944 from the Government Minor and Manipulative Grades Association.The union primarily worked in the Civil Service, but also in other public organisations...

 and the Society of Civil and Public Servants.

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

Inland Revenue Staff Federation

-History:The Union was born in the late 19th Century, when a group of tax clerks met together to fight for higher pay, higher status and better conditions. At that time clerks were hired by surveyors of taxes, they were usually employed on a temporary basis, paid low wages and denied sick leave,...

 agreed to merge. The merger took effect in January 1996 to form the Public Services, Tax and Commerce Union

Public Services, Tax and Commerce Union

The Public Services, Tax and Commerce Union was a short-lived trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was formed in January 1996, when the Inland Revenue Staff Federation merged with the National Union of Civil and Public Servants...

(PTC).