The union represented clerks, bailiffs, ushers and typists working in the county courts, and was the only union recognised by the government to negotiate on their behalf.
[1] In 1924, county court staff officially became civil servants, and the union thereafter worked closely with other civil service unions.
It joined the Trades Union Congress in 1966, at which time it had 5,190 members.
From 1969, it was represented on the staff side of the Whitley Council for the civil service.
[2] In 1974, the union merged into the Civil and Public Services Association.