The Financial Services Union is a trade union representing staff in the financial services, fintech and tech sectors. It has membership in over ninety companies and is organised in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Great Britain with headquarters in Dublin and a presence in Belfast.
The FSU was established in 1918 as the Irish Banking Officials Association (IBOA), representing banking staff throughout the island of Ireland. The expansion of Irish banks into Great Britain in the 1960s saw the IBOA become a trade union operating in three jurisdictions, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain. In acknowledgement of the rapidly changing financial sector it became the Financial Services Union in 2016.
The FSU is a voluntary organisation in which elected members organise a range of activities on behalf of their fellow members with the assistance of a team of full-time staff who provide administrative, technical and professional support.
Today the FSU has membership in over ninety companies and supports thousands of members building their careers in the financial services sector – in banks, fintech companies, the life assurance sector, game and animation and specialists support firms. FSU's five major membership divisions are AIB Group, Bank of Ireland Group, Danske Bank Group, Ulster Bank Group and the Technology and Services Sector. It aims to act as the voice of staff in some of the leading financial institutions across Ireland and beyond.
The FSU's structure is built on a network of locally elected representatives and it acts as its members' voice in negotiations with employers on critical workplace issues. It describes itself as 'a representative and campaigning union based on shared common values of decency, fairness, equality and respect in the workplace'.
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