Prudential Staff Union

This collection contains: annual reports and conference papers of the Prudential Staff Union, 1929-1965, and the National Union of Insurance Workers Prudential Section, 1965-1996; minutes of Prudential Council/Prudential Consultative Committee/Joint Committee, 1919-1989; other reports, 1974; correspondence and papers, 1913-1993: Prudential Staff/Prudential Staff Union Gazette, 1923-1993; rules, 1911-1981; rules, 1911-1971; Prudential Bulletin, 1920-1968; branch minutes, 1912-1946; agreement, 1970; miscellaneous publications, 1916-1981.

The union was formed in or before 1915 as the Prudential Staff Federation. The objects of the federation were to promote the interests of the outdoor staff of the Prudential Assurance Company Limited and to generally regulate the relations between the Company and its employees (see MSS.411/PRU/4/2/1). Its name was changed to the Prudential Staff Union in 1919 and thereafter the objectives in its rules described it is a body for employees of the company (see MSS.411/PRU/4/2/2) . In 1965 it became the National Union of Insurance Workers Prudential Section. In 1984 the process of amalgamating the sections of the National Union of Insurance Workers began. As a result of this, no section had autonomy and the ultimate decision on any issue rested with the NUIW National Council (see MSS.411/PRU/1/1/57). From 1985 the section was styled the Prudential Section of the National Union of Insurance Workers.

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

This collection was deposited in the Centre by Amicus in July 2004.

Link to full catalogue: https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/PRU

There are no restrictions on the use of this archive, apart from the requirements of copyright law.

Further deposits are not expected.

Records of the National Union of Insurance Workers Prudential Section, the Prudential Staff Union's successor.