Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union
Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union | |
Merged into | Communication Workers Union of Australia |
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Founded | 1925 |
Dissolved | 1992 |
Headquarters | 37/39 Drummond St, Carlton, Victoria[1] |
Location |
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Members | 47,000 (1979)[1] |
Affiliations | ACTU, , ALP, Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International[1] |
The Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union (APTEU) was an Australian trade union which represented a wide range of employees in the postal and telecommunication industries, including postmen, postal and mail officers, delivery drivers, storemen, linesmen and telegram messengers.[1] It was founded in 1925 and merged into the Communication Workers Union of Australia (CWU) in 1992.[2]
History[]
The union was formed on 1 July 1925 as the Amalgamated Postal Linemen's, Sorters' and Letter Carriers' Union of Australia, through the amalgamation of the previously-independent , and . The amalgamation process was opposed by the Victorian branch of the Letter Carriers' Association, as well as the and the Australian Public Service Board. These groups launched an unsuccessful appeal against the amalgamation to the Commonwealth Arbitration Court.[3]: 19
In 1926 the union's name was simplified to the Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia.[2] The union's name was changed again in 1974 to the Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union.[2] By 1987 the union's membership had grown to 48,800, of whom 53.1 % were employed by Telecom.[4]: 36 In 1990 the APTEU absorbed the , followed by the in 1991 and the in 1992.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Huntley, Pat (1980). Inside Australia's Top 100 Unions. Middle Cove, NSW: Ian Huntley (Aust.). p. 186-189. ISBN 978-0-9598507-4-1.
- ^ a b c d Smith, Bruce A. (20 April 2001). "Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia (1926 - 1974)". Australian Trade Union Archives. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Waters, Frank (1978). Murphy, Denis (ed.). Postal Unions & Politics: a History of the Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union of Australia. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 0-7022-1198-2.
- ^ Bolton, Brian (1993). Telecommunications Services: Negotiating Structural and Technological Change. Geneva: International Labour Organisation. ISBN 92-2-108263-6.
- Communications trade unions
- 1925 establishments in Australia
- 1992 disestablishments in Australia
- Defunct trade unions of Australia
- Trade unions established in 1925
- Trade unions disestablished in 1992