FDA (trade union)

FDA
Founded1919
HeadquartersBorough High Street, London, England
Location
Members
Increase 19,876 (2021)[1]
Key people
Dave Penman, general secretary
AffiliationsTUC, STUC, ICTU, Wales TUC, PSI
Websitewww.fda.org.uk

The FDA, formerly The Association of First Division Civil Servants, is a trade union for UK senior and middle management civil servants and public service professionals founded in 1919.[2]

Its over 19,000 members include Whitehall policy advisers, middle and senior managers, tax inspectors, economists and statisticians, government-employed lawyers, crown prosecutors, procurators fiscal, schools inspectors, diplomats, senior national museum staff, senior civil servants, accountants and National Health Service (NHS) managers.[3]

  1. ^ "FDA: annual returns (PDF format)" (PDF). GOV.UK.
  2. ^ "FDA - What does the FDA stand for?". www.fda.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-09-13. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  3. ^ "FDA - Membership". www.fda.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2009-04-11.