National Communications Union

National Communications Union
PredecessorPost Office Engineering Union
Merged intoCommunication Workers Union
Founded16 February 1985[1]
DissolvedJanuary 1995[1]
HeadquartersGreystoke House, 150 Brunswick Road, London
Location
  • United Kingdom
Members155,000 (1990)[2]
AffiliationsTUC, Labour

The National Communications Union (NCU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.

The union was founded in 1985 when the Post Office Engineering Union and the Postal and Telecommunications Group of the Civil and Public Services Association merged. In 1995, it merged with the Union of Communication Workers to form the Communication Workers Union.[3]

General secretaries

1985: Bryan Stanley
1986: John Golding[4]
1989: Anthony Young[5]

References

  1. ^ a b John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.6
  2. ^ David Farnham, Employee Relations in Context, p. 269
  3. ^ National Communications Union 1982-95 Archives
  4. ^ "Ex-Labour minister John Golding dies", BBC News, 21 January 1999
  5. ^ CIRCULAR EMP/20/02: Independent Review of the Fire Service


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