The Derbyshire Group Staff Union was a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...

in the

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, representing workers at the

Derbyshire Building Society Derbyshire Building Society (previously trading as The Derbyshire) was a UK building society based in Duffield, Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It was the 9th largest building society in the United Kingdom based on total assets of � ...

. The union was founded in 1972 as the Derbyshire Building Society Staff Association.History
{Dead link, date=July 2019 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes , Derbyshire Group Staff Union In 1979, it applied for a Certificate of Independence, but this was refused. At the time, it had 267 members. It was finally granted a certificate in 1986. The union affiliated to the

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in 2003 and adopted its final name in 2004. In 2010, it merged with the

Cheshire Group Staff Union Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

to form One Union of Regional Staff.Britain's Unions
TUC

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Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom Trade unions established in 1972 Trade unions disestablished in 2010 1972 establishments in the United Kingdom Finance sector trade unions Trade unions based in Derbyshire