Nationwide Group Staff Union
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The Nationwide Group Staff Union (NGSU) is an independent trade union
in the United Kingdom
. It has a membership of over 12,000 and represents workers within the Nationwide Building Society
and its associated companies.
The NGSU was formed in 1990 by the merger of Anglia Building Society
Staff Association and Nationwide Building Society Staff Association. The Portman Group
Staff Association (PGSA) transferred engagements to NGSU in 2008. It is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress
.
The union absorbed the Staff Union Dunfermline Building Society on 1 January 2011, and One Union of Regional Staff
on 1 September.
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...
. It has a membership of over 12,000 and represents workers within the Nationwide Building Society
Nationwide Building Society
Nationwide Building Society is a British building society, and is the largest in the world. It has its headquarters in Swindon, England, and maintains significant administration centres in Bournemouth and Northampton...
and its associated companies.
The NGSU was formed in 1990 by the merger of Anglia Building Society
Anglia Building Society
The Anglia Building Society was first formed by the merger of the Northampton Town and County and Leicestershire building societies in the United Kingdom in 1966...
Staff Association and Nationwide Building Society Staff Association. The Portman Group
Portman Building Society
The Portman Building Society was a UK mutual building society, providing mortgages and savings accounts to UK consumers and offering loans to commercial enterprises. Its head office was located in Bournemouth and its administration centre in Wolverhampton...
Staff Association (PGSA) transferred engagements to NGSU in 2008. It is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress
Trades Union Congress
The Trades Union Congress is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade unions...
.
The union absorbed the Staff Union Dunfermline Building Society on 1 January 2011, and One Union of Regional Staff
One Union of Regional Staff
One Union of Regional Staff was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was formed in early 2010 by the merger of the Derbyshire Group Staff Union and the Cheshire Group Staff Union...
on 1 September.