HC Deb 13 December 1950 vol 482 cc170-1W
Miss Ward

asked the Postmaster-General if he will detail the unions in the Post Office which have official recognition.

Mr. Ness Edwards

Following is a list of staff associations recognised by the Post Office:

  1. 1. Association of Assistants of the Investigation Branch, G.P.O.
  2. 2. Association of First Division Civil Servants.
  3. 3. Association of Head Postmasters.
  4. 4. Association of Postal Controllers and Assistant Postal Controllers, G.P.O.
  5. 5. Association of Professional Accountants. G.P.O.
  6. 6. Association of Staff and Regional Engineers.
  7. 7. *Central Telegraph Superintending Officers' Association (Inland and Overseas).
  8. 8. Civil Service Clerical Association.
  9. 9. Civil Service Legal Society.
  10. 10. Ex-Royal Engineers Telegraphists' Association (recognised only for making representations about the counting of certain military service for civil pension).
  11. 11. Government Overseas Cable and Wireless Operators' Association.
  12. 12. Institution of Professional Civil Servants.
  13. 13. *London Postal Superintending Officers' Association.
  14. 14. National Association of Women Civil Servants.
  15. 15. National Federation of Sub-Postmasters.
  16. 16. National Guild of Telephonists.
  17. 17. *Postal Inspectors' Association.
  18. 18. Postmasters' Association.
  19. 19. Post Office Clerks' Association (Northern Ireland). (Recognition limited to matters peculiar to Northern Ireland.)
  20. 20. *Post Office Controlling Officers' Association.
  21. 21. Post Office Engineering Union.
  22. 22. Post Office Scientific Staffs Branch.
  23. 23. Society of Civil Servants (Executive, Directing and Analogous Grades).
  24. 24. Society of Post Office Engineers.
  25. 25. Society of Technical Civil Servants.
  26. 26. Society of Telecommunications Administrative and Controlling Officers.
  27. 27. Society of Telecommunication Controllers.
  28. 28. Society of Telecommunication Engineers.
  29. 29. *Telecommunications Traffic Association.
  30. 30. Telephone Contract Officers' Association.
  31. 31. Telephone Managers' Committee.
  32. 32. Union of Post Office Workers.

* These associations belong to the Federation of Post Office Supervising Officers, a body which exists to make representations in respect of matters involving the interests of members of more than one of the associations concerned.