Manufacturing, Science and Finance (or the Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union; almost exclusively known as MSF) was a trade union in Britain. It is now part of the Amicus trade union after merging with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in 2001. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... For the legal term, see Amicus curiae. ... The Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) was a British trade union. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Over eighty members of Parliament were also members of MSF. They were primarily members of the Labour Party. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ...

The MSF itself was the result of a merger in January 1988 between the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (ASTMS) and the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section (TASS). January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ASTMS - The Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs ASTMS, the British trade union, was created in 1969 when ASSET (the Association of Supervisory Staff, Executives and Technicians) merged with the AScW (the Association of Scientific Workers) under the leadership of joint general secretaries: Clive Jenkins of ASSET and John... The Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section (almost exclusively known as TASS) was a British trade union. ...

The General Secretary of MSF at the time of the merger with Amicus was Roger Lyons, who became Joint General Secretary of Amicus's MSF section. Amicus's other Joint General Secretary was Derek Simpson, who was responsible for the AEEU section. Lyons planned to remain as JGS of the MSF section until January 2003, which would result in his being a General Secretary for seven years without re-election, as opposed to the normal legally-mandated limit of five years. He and his supporters maintained that the ongoing merger meant that the requirement for an election was waived, but a legal challenge resulted in a ruling that he should step down. Derek Simpson therefore became the sole General Secretary of Amicus several months earlier than anticipated. The term General Secretary (alternatively First Secretary) denotes a leader of various unions, parties or associations. ... Derek Simpson was the surprise winner of the election to General Secretary of the AEEU, and Joint General Secretary of Amicus. ... 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2003. ...

Between his departure from Amicus and his retirement, Roger Lyons was President of the Trades Union Congress for the period September 2003 to September 2004. Trades Union Congress headquarters at Congress House in Great Russell Street near Tottenham Court Road, Camden, London. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for September, 2003. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: September 2004 in sports Deaths in September • 27 Tsai Wan-lin • 24 Françoise Sagan • 20 Brian Clough • 18 Russ Meyer • 15 Johnny Ramone • 12 Fred Ebb • 11 Peter VII of Alexandria • 8 Richard Girnt...

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