Union of Insurance Staffs
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The Union of Insurance Staffs was a trade union
in the United Kingdom
for workers in the insurance
industry. It was founded in 1919 as the Guild of Insurance Officials, and merged with the Association of Scientific, Technical and Management Staff in 1970.
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...
for workers in the insurance
Insurance
In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent, uncertain loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for payment. An insurer is a company selling the...
industry. It was founded in 1919 as the Guild of Insurance Officials, and merged with the Association of Scientific, Technical and Management Staff in 1970.