Reference number
  • CYW
Date
  • 1962-2005
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • This collection includes; constitution and rules; records of National Executive Council/National Organising and Co-ordinating Committee/National Executive Committee, annual general meetings, annual conferences and various committees; annual reports; general secretary's papers; subject files and other operational records; membership records; periodical and other publications.
Extent
  • 84 boxes
Admin history
  • The Community and Youth Service Association (CYSA) was formed in April 1971 by the amalgamation of the Community Service Association and the Youth Service Association. It was renamed the Community and Youth Workers' Union (CYWU) in 1983. Until 1988 it was a Central Association of the National Union of Teachers (NUT). In that year it considered merging with the NUT, the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) or the National and Local Government Officers' Association (NALGO), but decided against and instead signed a partnership agreement with the NUT and applied for affiliation to the TUC in its own right. This, however, was blocked by NALGO, probably influenced by dissident former CYWU members who had defected to the larger union. On 8 January 2007 it merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union, although retaining its own identity (as CYWU/T&G), and since 1 May 2007 it has been a section of Unite. It retains the abbreviation CYWU, now standing for Community and Youth Workers in Unite.
Access conditions
  • Prior written permission to consult unpublished records in this archive is required. Researchers should apply to Mr Jim Mowatt, Director of Education at the successor union UNITE, Transport House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8TD, or by e-mail care of Joan Francis (Joan.Francis@unitetheunion.org). Publications may be consulted without permission. Unpublished material less than 20 years old is closed without special permission.
Access status
  • Open
Language/scripts of material
  • English