The Customs and Excise Group was a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (s ...

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 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 Staff Association The Customs and Excise Preventive Staff Association (PSA) was a trade union representing customs officials in the United Kingdom. The union was in existence by 1947, when it was led by A. E. Farmer. It affiliated to the Trades Union Congress T ...

. The components of the former federation, including the Customs and Excise Controlling Grades Association and the Customs and Excise Surveyors Association, became affiliates of the new union.John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions'', vol.6, pp.386-387 The union affiliated to 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 ...

. Its general secretary was

Jack Morrish John Edwin Morrish (23 September 1915 – 7 March 2003) was a British trade unionist and politician. Born in London, Morrish attended school in Hampstead, then found work with the Post Office, becoming a technical officer. He joined the Post ...

.{{cite encyclopedia , entry=Morrish, John Edwin (Jack) , publisher=Oxford University Press , encyclopedia=Who's Who , doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U28213 The union had 12,000 members by 1973, and had grown to 13,148 by 1975, when it merged into the

Society of Civil and Public Servants The Society of Civil and Public Servants (SCPS) was a trade union representing middle-ranking civil servants in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1918 as the Society of Civil Servants (SCS), to represent intermediate class clerks. The ...

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