The Britannia Staff Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom.

Britannia Staff Union
Merged intoUnite
Founded1972
Dissolved1 July 2018
HeadquartersLeek, Staffordshire
Location
Members
1,158
Key people
John Stoddard, general secretary
AffiliationsTUC, Alliance for Finance
Websitebritanniasu.org.uk

The union was founded in 1972 as the Leek and Westbourne Building Society Staff Association, and was certified as an independent union in 1976. In 1984, it was renamed the Britannia Building Society Staff Association, becoming the Britannia Staff Union in 1994. In 1999, it affiliated to the Trades Union Congress.[1] The union organised workers at the Britannia division of The Co-operative Bank, where it had a high membership density - 76% in 2004.[2]

In July 2018, the union merged into Unite.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Arthur Ivor Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, p.283
  2. ^ Gregor Gall, Labour unionism in the financial services sector, p.129
  3. ^ "Home Page". Britannia Staff Union. Retrieved 3 September 2018.