Civil and Public Services Association: Difference between revisions

The union was founded in 1921, when the [[Civil Service Clerical Union]] and the [[Clerical Officers' Association]] merged to form the '''Civil Service Clerical Association''' ('''CSCA'''). It affiliated with the [[Trades Union Congress]] (TUC) and the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and had around 16,000 members.<ref name="warwick">{{cite web |url=http://dscalm.warwick.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=((RefNo==%27CPS%27)) |title=Archive Catalogues: Civil and Public Services Association (CPSA), earlier the Civil Service Clerical Association (CSCA) |publisher=[[University of Warwick]] |accessdate=16 September 2012}}</ref> Its Dublin branch left the following year, to form the [[Civil and Public Services Union]].<ref name="smethurst">{{cite book |first1=John B. |last1=Smethurst |first2=Peter |last2=Carter |title=Historical Directory of Trade Unions |page=[https://archive.org/details/historicaldirect0004mars/page/368 368] |isbn=9780754666837 |lccn=80-151653 |date=June 2009 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |location=Farnham |url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldirect0004mars/page/368 }}</ref>