National Association of Co-operative Officials

NACO: The Co-operative Trade Union
Full name National Association of Co-operative Officials
Founded 1917
Members 2,500
Affiliation TUC, STUC
Key people Neil Buist, General Secretary
Office location Hyde, Greater Manchester, England
Country United Kingdom

The National Association of Co-operative Officials (NACO) is a trade union for staff in the co-operative sector in the United Kingdom, principally the Co-operative Group and other retail societies, Co-operatives UK and the Co-operative Party.

The union was founded in 1917, as the National Union of Co-operative Officials. In 1970, it merged with the National Co-operative Managers Association, and with the Co-operative Secretaries Association, adopting its current name.[1]

NACO has historically represented professionals and management in the sector, with general unions, principally the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), recruiting among shop-floor and administrative workers. NACO has begun, with the support of Co-operatives UK, to widen its base and end the division between 'officials' and 'administrators'.

General Secretaries

1917: E. Emery
1920s: Robert Simpson
1942: Robert Calderwood
1952: Arthur Potts
1977: Lindsay Ewing
2006: Neil Buist

References

  1. Arthur Ivor Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, p.128
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