The Customs and Excise Federation was a

trade union federation A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such a ...

representing

civil servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

s in the United Kingdom. The federation was founded in 1917 by the Customs and Excise Officers' Association, National Customs and Excise Federation, and the UOA. Other small unions representing specific workers in the

HM Customs and Excise HM Customs and Excise (properly known as Her Majesty's Customs and Excise at the time of its dissolution) was a department of the British Government formed in 1909 by the merger of HM Customs and HM Excise; its primary responsibility was t ...

department of the British civil service joined later. Later affiliates included:{{cite book , first1=John B. , last1=Smethurst , first2=Peter , last2=Carter , title=Historical Directory of Trade Unions , volume=6 , page
386–388
, isbn=9780754666837 , lccn=80-151653 , date=June 2009 , publisher=Ashgate Publishing , location=Farnham , url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldirect0004mars/page/386 * Customs and Excise Controlling Grades Association * Customs and Excise Surveyors' Association * Customs and Excise Waterguard Superintendents' and Waterguard Surveyors' Association Although the unions retained some autonomy, the federation represented them in joint negotiations, and also represented them at the

Trades Union Congress The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in England and Wales, representing the majority of trade unions. There are 48 affiliated unions, with a total of about 5.5 million members. Frances O ...

. By 1971, the federation represented a total of 4,300 members. In 1972, the federation merged with the Customs and Excise Preventative Staff Association, the other significant union in the department, to form the

Customs and Excise Group The Customs and Excise Group was a trade union representing civil servants working in customs and excise in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1972, when the Customs and Excise Federation merged with the Customs and Excise Preventive Sta ...

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