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COHSE, the Confederation of Health Service Employees, was a United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 trade union
Trade union

A trade union or labor union is an organization run by and for workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages, hours, and working conditions....
 representing workers primarily in the National Health Service
National Health Service

The National Health Service is the name commonly used to refer to the four publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, collectively or individually, although only the health service in England uses the name 'National Health Service' without further qualification....
. It was founded in 1946 with the merger of the Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers Union
Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers Union

The Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was established as the National Asylum Workers' Union in 1910 by asylum attendants in Lancashire....
 and the Hospital and Welfare Services Union
Hospital and Welfare Services Union

The Hospital and Welfare Services Union was established in 1918 as the Poor Law Workers Trade Union, In 1922 changed its name to Poor Law Officers Union, 1930 to the National Union of County Officers and in 1943 to the Hospital and Welfare Services Union....
, with the aim of having one union to represent workers in the National Health Service
National Health Service

The National Health Service is the name commonly used to refer to the four publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, collectively or individually, although only the health service in England uses the name 'National Health Service' without further qualification....
 on its formation.

Major COHSE campaigns include

1948 Nursing Students Pay






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COHSE, the Confederation of Health Service Employees, was a United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 trade union
Trade union

A trade union or labor union is an organization run by and for workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages, hours, and working conditions....
 representing workers primarily in the National Health Service
National Health Service

The National Health Service is the name commonly used to refer to the four publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, collectively or individually, although only the health service in England uses the name 'National Health Service' without further qualification....
. It was founded in 1946 with the merger of the Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers Union
Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers Union

The Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was established as the National Asylum Workers' Union in 1910 by asylum attendants in Lancashire....
 and the Hospital and Welfare Services Union
Hospital and Welfare Services Union

The Hospital and Welfare Services Union was established in 1918 as the Poor Law Workers Trade Union, In 1922 changed its name to Poor Law Officers Union, 1930 to the National Union of County Officers and in 1943 to the Hospital and Welfare Services Union....
, with the aim of having one union to represent workers in the National Health Service
National Health Service

The National Health Service is the name commonly used to refer to the four publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, collectively or individually, although only the health service in England uses the name 'National Health Service' without further qualification....
 on its formation.

Major COHSE campaigns include

1948 Nursing Students Pay 1959 Unofficial Overtime ban 1962 Nurses Pay (Lets twist again) 1972-73 Ancillary Pay strikes (Low pay) 1974 Nurses Pay (Halsbury) 1974 ? Private Patients Dispute 1979 Public Sector Pay (Winter of Discontent) 1982 NHS Staff Pay campaign (12%claim) 1988 Nurses Pay (Clinical Grading) 1989-1990 Ambulance Dispute

In 1993, COHSE merged with two other trade unions - NUPE (the National Union of Public Employees
National Union of Public Employees

The National Union of Public Employees was a United Kingdom trade union which represented public sector workers. The union was founded in 1908 as the National Union of Corporation Workers, which split from the Municipal Employees Association, following Albin Taylor's dismissal as General Secretary....
) and NALGO (the National Association of Local Government Officers
National Association of Local Government Officers

The National and Local Government Officers Association was a United Kingdom trade union representing mostly local government White-collar workers workers....
) - to form UNISON
UNISON

UNISON ? the Public Service Union is the second largest trade union in the United Kingdom, with over 1.3 million members.It was formed in 1993 when three previous public sector trade unions, the National Association of Local Government Officers , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service Employees merg...
, the largest public sector trade union in the UK.

General Secretaries

  • 1946: George Gibson
    George Gibson (trade unionist)

    George Gibson was a United Kingdom mental health professional and trade unionist. Rising to the President of the Trades Union Congress of the Trades Union Congress in 1941 and becoming a director of the Bank of England, he was ruined through his, largely innocent, association with fraudster Sidney Stanley which was exposed by the Lynskey tri...
  • 1947: Cliff Comer
  • 1953: Jack Waite
  • 1958: Jack Jepson
  • 1967: Dick Akers
  • 1969: Frank Lynch
  • 1974: Albert Spanswick
  • 1983: David Williams
    David Williams

    David Williams may refer to:...
  • Hector MacKenzie


Claude Bartlett, Ivybridge, Devon President 1927-1946 Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers Union
Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers Union

The Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was established as the National Asylum Workers' Union in 1910 by asylum attendants in Lancashire....
 and COHSE 1946 until 1964

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