Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia

CEPU
Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia
Headquarters	Rosebery, New South Wales
Location	Australia;
Members	99,593 (as at 31 December 2018)
Key people	Allen Hicks (National Secretary), Greg Rayner (National President), Earl Setches (National Assistant-Secretary), Shane Murphy (National Vice-President)
Affiliations	ACTU, Australian Labor Party
Website	www.cepu.asn.au

The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia (CEPU) is a trade union in Australia. Its full name is the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia as it represents workers in all of these industries.

CEPU is an amalgamation of three separate unions, which are divisions of CEPU, namely the:

Communication Workers Union of Australia (CWU);
Electrical Trades Union of Australia (ETU); and
Plumbing Trades Employees Union (PTEU).

Whilst the CEPU is technically one federally registered union, each of the above divisions act largely autonomously sharing resources when needed. At a state level many of the unions exist completely separately.

CEPU is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions.

In February 2020 the CEPU was penalized by the Federal Court of Australia for breaches of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Cth), after proceedings were commenced by the Registered Organisations Commission (ROC) in 2018. An appeal to this decision was lodged.^[2]

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^ "CEPU National Council - Financial Statements for the YE 31 December 2018- Members please note this is a copy of the signed full financial report of CEPU National Council consisting of the Auditor's Report, the General Purpose Financial Report and the Operating report for the year ended 31 December 2018". Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia. Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "Federal Court imposes significant penalty on the CEPU".

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[1] "CEPU National Council - Financial Statements for the YE 31 December 2018- Members please note this is a copy of the signed full financial report of CEPU National Council consisting of the Auditor's Report, the General Purpose Financial Report and the Operating report for the year ended 31 December 2018". Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia. Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[2] "Federal Court imposes significant penalty on the CEPU".

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