Manufacturing, Science and Finance (or the Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union; almost exclusively known as MSF) was a trade union in Britain. Over eighty members of Parliament (primarily members of the Labour Party) were members. History The MSF 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). In 1991, it had 604,000 members, but this fell to 446,000 in 1996, the most rapid decline of any major British union. In 2001 the MSF merged with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union to form Amicus. The General Secretary of MSF from 1992 until the merger with Amicus was Roger Lyons, who continued as Joint General Secretary of Amicus's MSF section. In 2007 Amicus merged with the TGWU to form Unite. Amalgamations Several unions amalgamated with the MSF: 1988: Church of England Children's Society Staff Association, Imperial Supervisors' Association, United Friendly Field Management Staff Association 1989: Imperial Group Staff Association 1990: Health Visitors' Association 1991: Australian Mutual Provident Society 1993: Hospital Physicists Association, National Union of Scalemakers 1994: Ceron Research Staff Association 1997: College of Health Care Chaplains 1998: Communication Managers' Association 1999: Britannic Supervisory Union, Corporation of London Staff Association, National Union of Insurance Workers, Neilson Staff Association 2000: Lloyds Registry Staff Association, Union of Textile Workers 2001: Leicester Housing Association Staff Association Leadership General Secretaries 1988: Clive Jenkins and Ken Gill 1988: Ken Gill 1992: Roger Lyons Assistant General Secretaries 1988: Roger Lyons and Barbara Switzer 1992: John Chowcat and Barbara Switzer 1997: John Chowcat 1999: Post vacant References External links Catalogue of the MSF archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom 1988 establishments in the United Kingdom Trade unions established in 1988 Trade unions disestablished in 2001