Clerks' Unions

Series 1: annual reports, 1910-1969
Series 2: Executive Committee and Committee minutes, 1907-1987
Series 3: conference reports and General Council minutes, 1898-1988
Series 4: rule books
Series 5: other papers
Series 6: area and region records
Series 7: branch records including Altrincham Engineering branch, Belfast branch, Doncaster branch, Glasgow branch, Greenock and District, Halifax branch, Leeds branch, Manchester branches, Oxford branch, Scotland region, Trafford branch.

In 1890 the National Union of Clerks was formed. It was also known as the Clerks' Union or the Metropolitan Clerks' Union. In 1920 it changed its name to the National Union of Clerks and Administrative Workers. In 1941 it amalgamated with the Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries (AWCS) to become the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union. In 1972 it changed its name to APEX (Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff). It merged with the GMB in 1989.

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The full catalogue is available online on the Working Class Movement Library's Web Site - www.wcml.org.uk/catalogue/adlib-catalogue

Other records are available at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick:

Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff (APEX), earlier the National Union of Clerks and Administrative Workers and the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union (CAWU) - (MSS.174, MSS.192, MSS.279)