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Trade Union entry Australian Rail Tram & Bus Industry Union (1993 - )

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    Chart 20: Trade Unions - Public Transport
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1993
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Trade Union (Federal)
Reference No
139V

Summary

The Australian Rail Tram & Bus Industry Union, otherwise known as the Public Transport Union or PTU, was formed on March 1, 1993, through an historic amalgamation of the Australian Railways Union, the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen, the Australian Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees' Association and the National Union of Rail Workers' of Australia. The amalgamation of 1993 effectively married four lineages into one, some of which dated back to the mid-to-late nineteenth century.

Timeline

 1861 - 1872 Locomotive Engine Drivers Association
       1872 - 1900 Locomotive Engine Drivers & Firemens Association
       c. 1891 - 1900 Queensland Locomotive Enginemen Firemen & Cleaners Association
             1884 - 1900 Mutual Services Association
             1900 - 1921 Federated Railway Locomotive Enginemens Association of Australasia
                   1900 - 1911 Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees
                   1921 - 1926 Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen (i)
                         1911 - 1921 Victorian Railways Union
                         1912 - Queensland Railway Maintenance Association
                         1926 - 1927 Australian Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
                         1938 - 1982 National Union of Railwaymen of Australia (ii)
                                Queensland Railway Maintenance Employees Association
                               1921 - 1993 Australian Railways Union
                               1927 - 1993 Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen (ii)
                               1950 - 1993 Australian Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees Association (ii)
                               1982 - 1993 National Union of Rail Workers of Australia
                                     1993 - Australian Rail Tram & Bus Industry Union

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Bruce A. Smith