FDA

Founded	1919
Members	16,000
Country	United Kingdom
Affiliation	TUC, STUC, ICTU, Wales TUC, PSI
Key people	Jonathan Baume, general secretary
Office location	Waterloo, London, England
Website	www.fda.org.uk

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Its federal structure means that some of its members do not join FDA directly, but rather an affiliated organisation. In particular, senior staff at HM Revenue and Customs apply to the Association of Revenue and Customs (ARC), and management in the NHS join Managers in Partnership (MiP).

The FDA is an affiliate of the Trades Union Congress, the Scottish Trades Union Congress, the Wales TUC and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions but is not affiliated to the Labour Party or any other political party. The Trades Union Congress (TUC is a national trade union centre, a federation of Trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC is the co-ordinating body of trade unions, and local Trades Councils in Scotland. The Wales TUC (TUC Cymru is the co-ordinating body of trade unions in Wales. Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU, formed in 1959 by the merger The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the The FDA is also affiliated to Public Services International. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> Public Services International (PSI is a Global union federation of

Contents 1 Name 2 General Secretary 3 See also 4 External links

Name

Despite often being known (particularly in the British Press) as the "First Division Association", the legal name of the union is "FDA". It describes itself as 'FDA - the union of choice for senior managers and professionals in public service'.

The original name, 'The Association of First Division Civil Servants (FDA)' was chosen because it represented first division clerks, as opposed to the Second Division Association, which represented more junior clerks. Although the terms first and second division clerks were abolished in the 1920s, it proved impossible to agree on an alternative name, and the name remained until 2001 when, following a motion to the union's annual conference, the official name became "FDA". The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada

General Secretary

Jonathan Baume has been General Secretary since 1997 and was previously Assistant General Secretary and Deputy General Secretary. Jonathan Edward Baume (born 13 July 1953, Wakefield) is a British Trades union leader The previous General Secretary (1989-96) was Elizabeth Symons and the one before her was John Ward (1980-8). Elizabeth Conway Symons Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, PC (born April 14, 1951) is a former British Trade union leader and politician (Christopher John William Ward (born 21 June 1942) is an economist an opera administrator and former trade union leader The union's first full time General Secretary was Norman Ellis, who was appointed in 1974.

See also

• British Civil Service

External links

• FDA website

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