ISU (trade union)

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ISU
Formation1981; 45 years ago (1981)
TypeTrade union
Location
MembersDecrease 3,080 (2023)[1]
General Secretary
Mark Gribbin
Websitetheisu.co.uk
Formerly called
Immigration Services Union

The ISU is a British trade union representing some of the operational staff in the borders, customs and immigration functions of the Home Office.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

The union was founded in 1981 as the Immigration Service Union. It was a split from the Society of Civil and Public Servants (SCPS),[9] founded in protest at the SCPS calling for the repeal of the Immigration Act 1971.[10]

The ISU is politically independent and not a member of the Trades Union Congress. PCS, the SCPS's successor, sees ISU as a yellow union, as some senior managers encouraged its splitting off, although its independence has been certified by the Certification Officer.[11][12]

Membership of the union reached 4,263 in 2006,[12] but, in common with all Civil Service unions, fell after the ending of payroll wage check-off (subscriptions automatically deducted where workers have ticked to confirm they wish to be in any recognised union to their employer) in 2015.[13] It declined to 3,018 in that year.[14] In 2020, membership stood at 3,043.[15] By 2022, ISU membership stood at 3,803.[16]

The ISU does not generally take industrial action.[17] In 2012, ISU members followed other public sector unions in agreeing to strike against changes to civil service pensions.[18]

General Secretaries

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  • 1981: P. J. Taylor
  • 1997: Martin Slade
  • 2003: Peter Stowe
  • 2010: Paul Duckhouse
  • 2013: Lucy Moreton
  • 2019: Mark Gribbin

References

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  6. ^ List of witnesses and job title, Commons Home Affairs Select Committee hearing - the Windrush Generation hearings 25 April 2018
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  9. ^ Steve Cohen, Immigration Controls, the Family and the Welfare State, p.321
  10. ^ Steve Cohen, Deportation is Freedom!, p.130
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  12. ^ a b John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.6, p.450
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  14. ^ ISU's audited Annual Return, year ending 31 December 2015"
  15. ^ ISU's audited Annual Return, year ending 31 December 2020 at page P2, note: submitted to the Certification Officer, certified, and republished by the UK government, see 1.
  16. ^ ISU's audited Annual Return, year ending 31 December 2022 at page P2, note: submitted to the Certification Officer, certified, and republished by the UK government, see 1.
  17. ^ Susan Corby and Geoff White, Employee Relations in the Public Services: Themes and Issues
  18. ^ Alan Travis, "Immigration workers to join civil service pension strike", The Guardian, 2 May 2012
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