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Accord is a trade union for HBOS workers within the Lloyds Banking Group. It has more than 30000 members and is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress the Scottish Trades Union Congress and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.Accord can trace its origins back to 1978 when it was founded as the Halifax Building Society Staff Association (HBSSA). The HBSSA was founded by John Simmons the then manager of the Halifax branch in Plymouth.