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The Union for Bradford and Bingley Staff and Associated Companies (UBAC) 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
United Kingdom
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.
The union was founded in 1977 as the Bradford and Bingley Staff Association, changing its name in 2001. It represented staff working for
Bradford and Bingley
Bradford & Bingley plc was a British bank with headquarters in the West Yorkshire town of Bingley.
The bank was formed in December 2000 by demutualisation of the Bradford & Bingley Building Society following a vote of the building society's mem ...
and for Alltel Mortgage Solutions, having 2,796 members by 2002. It was a founder member of the Financial Services Staff Federation and of the
Alliance for Finance
The Alliance for Finance is a trade union federation in the United Kingdom.
The Alliance for Finance was founded in 1996 on the initiative of the Barclays Group Staff Union to encourage more joint campaigning and solidarity between the many trade ...
,Gregor Gall, ''Labour unionism in the financial services sector'', p.95 and was affiliated to the
Trades Union Congress
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre
A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national tra ...
.Britain's Unions TUC
In 2009, it merged with
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