Greater London Council Staff Association

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Greater London Council Staff Association
Merged into GMB
Founded1909
Dissolved14 September 1988 [1]
Headquarters150 Waterloo Road, London
Location
  • England
Members
17,059 (1982) [2]
PublicationGreater London Staff Association Bulletin [2]
Affiliations TUC

The Greater London Council Staff Association (GLCSA) was a trade union representing workers for the London-wide council.

The union was founded in 1909 as the London County Council Staff Association, to represent clerical, technical and professional staff at the London County Council. It was initially a section of the National Association of Local Government Officers (NALGO), but in 1916 it split from NALGO and became independent. It held a majority of trade union seats on the Whitley Council for London staff, although membership always remained below 20,000. While NALGO repeatedly tried to get the union to re-affiliate, association members feared that if it did so, the London Whitley Council would be merged into the national one for local authority workers.

In 1955, the union affiliated to the Trades Union Congress, ten years before NALGO followed suit. [3] When the London County Council was replaced by the Greater London Council, the union changed its name to the Greater London Council Staff Association. In later years, it also represented workers at the Inner London Education Authority, London Ambulance Service, Thames Water Authority, and at polytechnics and probation services in the city. [2]

In 1985, the union shortened its name to the Greater London Staff Association (GLSA). [1] The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986, greatly reducing the union's membership. As a result, in 1988 it merged into the GMB. [1] [4]

General Secretaries

1955: Laurence Welsh
1963: Frederick Thomas Hollocks
1980s: C. S. Corcoran
1986: Arthur Capelin

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Marsh, Arthur; Smethurst, John B. (2006). Historical Directory of Trade Unions . Vol. 5. Routledge. ISBN   085967990X.
  2. 1 2 3 Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. p. 206. ISBN   0566024268.
  3. Waddington, Jeremy; Kahmann, Marcus; Hoffmann, Jurgen (2005). A Comparison of the Merger Process in Britain and Germany: Joining Forces?. Routledge. p. 57. ISBN   9780415353786.
  4. "The British merger movement", Industrial Relations Journal, Vol.30, No.5