Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff

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The Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff (APEX) was a British trade union which represented clerical and administrative employees.

History

The Clerks Union was formed in 1890 and later was renamed as the National Union of Clerks. Then, following rapid growth and amalgamation with several other unions, the name was again changed to the National Union of Clerks and Administrative Workers (NUCAW) with a membership of around 40,000.

In 1940, NUCAW merged with the Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries (AWCS) to form the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union (CAWU). The union organised in the white-collar sector in the City of London and across the country, and had particular success in recruiting in the engineering industry. In the 1960s its membership grew rapidly, but it was less successful in the 1970s, membership increasing by 18%, while that of its rival, the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (ASTMS), nearly doubled.[1]

The union changed its name to the Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff (APEX) in 1972. It was the union at the centre of the Grunwick dispute in the 1970s.

APEX, like its predecessors, was an affiliated trade union of the British Labour Party and was a key influence on the right-wing of the Party, particularly as, until 1972, it enforced a rule preventing communists from holding positions in the union. Its relations with other unions were often difficult, as it competed not only with the ASTMS for members, but also with the National Union of Bank Employees and various general unions. In particular, a dispute over members at General Accident was referred to the Trades Union Congress Disputes Committee and the fall-out led to APEX's general secretary, Roy Grantham, failing to win re-election to the General Council of the TUC.[1]

In 1989 APEX merged with the GMB trade union and now exists as a section within the GMB.

Election results

The union sponsored numerous Labour Party candidates, many of whom were elected:

Election Constituency Candidate Votes Percentage Position
1922 general election Bath Template:Sortname 4,849 17.8 3[2]
1945 general election Liverpool Everton Template:Sortname 9,088 65.4 1[3]
1950 general election Liverpool West Derby Template:Sortname 25,417 48.1 2[4]
Sheffield Park Template:Sortname 30,558 67.7 1[4]
1951 general election Sheffield Park Template:Sortname 30,842 69.2 1[5]
1955 general election Birmingham All Saints Template:Sortname 18,867 51.8 1[6]
Sheffield Park Template:Sortname 28,904 73.2 1[6]
1959 general election Birmingham All Saints Template:Sortname 17,215 50.0 2[7]
Sheffield Park Template:Sortname 26,078 71.1 1[7]
1961 by-election Birmingham Small Heath Template:Sortname 12,182 59.2 1[8]
1964 general election Birmingham Ladywood Template:Sortname 10,098 63.2 1[8]
Birmingham Small Heath Template:Sortname 17,010 60.4 1[8]
Sheffield Park Template:Sortname 24,196 75.6 1[8]
1966 general election Birmingham Ladywood Template:Sortname 8,895 58.9 1[9]
Birmingham Small Heath Template:Sortname 18,075 69.5 1[9]
Darlington Template:Sortname 23,909 50.5 1[9]
Sheffield Park Template:Sortname 24,550 80.3 1[9]
1970 general election Birmingham Small Heath Template:Sortname 13,794 61.1 1[10]
Darlington Template:Sortname 23,208 48.5 1[10]
Sheffield Park Template:Sortname 23,302 75.3 1[10]
Feb 1974 general election Birmingham Small Heath Template:Sortname 19,319 57.3 1[11]
Darlington Template:Sortname 20,546 40.8 1[11]
Glasgow Craigton Template:Sortname 18,055 51.3 1[11]
Gower Template:Sortname 23,856 52.9 1[11]
Hertford and Stevenage Template:Sortname 30,343 44.7 1[11]
Sheffield Park Template:Sortname 31,273 65.0 1[11]
Oct 1974 general election Birmingham Small Heath Template:Sortname 19,703 66.5 1[12]
Darlington Template:Sortname 21,334 45.6 1[12]
Glasgow Craigton Template:Sortname 16,952 50.5 1[12]
Gower Template:Sortname 25,067 57.3 1[12]
Hertford and Stevenage Template:Sortname 29,548 47.1 1[12]
Sheffield Park Template:Sortname 30,057 71.4 1[12]
1979 general election Birmingham Small Heath Template:Sortname 17,735 60.5 1[13]
Darlington Template:Sortname 22,565 45.5 1[13]
Glasgow Craigton Template:Sortname 19,952 59.9 1[13]
Gower Template:Sortname 24,963 53.2 1[13]
Hertford and Stevenage Template:Sortname 30,443 45.1 2[13]
Sheffield Park Template:Sortname 27,483 68.6 1[13]
1983 general election Aberavon Template:Sortname 23,745 58.8 1[14]
Birmingham Small Heath Template:Sortname 22,874 63.8 1[14]
Glasgow Govan Template:Sortname 20,370 55.0 1[14]
1987 general election Aberavon Template:Sortname 27,126 66.8 1
Birmingham Small Heath Template:Sortname 22,787 66.3 1
Glasgow Govan Template:Sortname 24,071 64.8 1

Leadership

General Secretaries

1890: W. Moritz
1890: W. M. Sutherland
Charles Dyer
1906: Herbert Henry Elvin
1941: Fred Woods
1956: Anne Godwin
1963: Henry Chapman
1971: Roy Grantham

Presidents

1890: Wallas
1890: J. W. E. Hale
1912: G. E. O'Dell
1914: R. J. W. Scott
1915: John Lindsley
1916: Charles Latham
1918: James McKinlay
1927: Hubert Hughes
1940: William Elger
1946: Bob Scouller
1951: Helene Walker
1961: David Currie
1972: Denis Howell
1983: Ken Smith

See also

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References

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  3. ↑ Labour Party, Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 232–248.
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  6. ↑ a b Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 255–275.
  7. ↑ a b Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 179–201.
  8. ↑ a b c d Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 158–180.
  9. ↑ a b c d Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 308–330.
  10. ↑ a b c Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 289–312.
  11. ↑ a b c d e f Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 371–390.
  12. ↑ a b c d e f Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 391–411.
  13. ↑ a b c d e f Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 406–431.
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