Trade Union entry Administrative & Clerical Officers Association, Commonwealth Public Service (1956 - 1982)

Summary

The Administrative & Clerical Officers' Association, Commonwealth Public Service was formed in 1956 following a change of name from the Commonwealth Public Service Clerical Association, which had operated since 1919. Originally, the union was formed in 1913 under the title of the Australian Commonwealth Public Service Clerical Association. After a further change of name in 1982, this time to the Administrative & Clerical Officers' Association, Australian Government Employment, the union merged with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Staff Union and the Australian Public Service Association so that, in 1989, it eventually became known as the Australian Public Sector & Broadcasting Union, Australian Government Employment. A further amalgamation with the Meat Inspectors' Association in 1991 produced a new union, but not a new name. However, the amalgamation with the Professional Officers' Association, Australian Public Service soon after, in 1992, was reflected in the new title: the Australian Public Sector Professional & Broadcasting Union, Australian Government Employment. Later on, in the same year, this union, as result of a further amalgamation with the Professional Radio & Electronics Institute of Australasia, became known as the Public Sector Professional Technical Communications Aviation & Broadcasting Union. In 1993 the union changed once again to become the Public Sector Professional Scientific Research Technical Communications Aviation & Broadcasting Union following a further amalgamation with the newly formed CSIRO Staff Association. An influx of members from the deregistered State Public Services Federation in 1994 stimulated another change of name to the Community & Public Sector Union [CPSU].

Related entries

Timeline

 1913 - 1919 Australian Commonwealth Public Service Clerical Association
       1919 - 1956 Commonwealth Public Service Clerical Association
             1956 - 1982 Administrative & Clerical Officers Association, Commonwealth Public Service
                   1982 - 1989 Administrative & Clerical Officers Association, Australian Government Employment
                         1989 - 1991 Australian Public Sector & Broadcasting Union, Australian Government Employment (i)
                               1991 - 1992 Australian Public Sector & Broadcasting Union, Australian Government Employment (ii)
                                     1992 Australian Public Sector Professional & Broadcasting Union, Australian Government Employment
                                           1992 - 1993 Public Sector Professional Technical Communications Aviation & Broadcasting Union
                                                 1993 - 1994 Public Sector Professional Scientific Research Technical Communications Aviation & Broadcasting Union
                                                       1994 - CPSU, the Community & Public Sector Union

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Administrative and Clerical Officers' Association (Australia). N.S.W. Branch. Special Broadcasting Service Sub-Branch records, 1980-1989, c. 1980 - c. 1989, MLMSS 5172; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office

• Administrative and Clerical Officers Association ACOA submission to the Administrative Review Committee, 1976, M682; National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office. Details

National Archives of Australia, National Office

• Administrative & Clerical Officers Association - Correspondence files, 1972 - 1990, D3164; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
• Administrative & Clerical Officers Association, South Australian Branch - General Correspondence Files, 1931 - 1972, AP1019/1; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
• Administrative & Clerical Officers Association, South Australian Branch - Policy, Procedural and Correspondence Files, 1914 - 1966, AP462/1; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details

National Archives of Australia, Northern Territory Office

• Administrative & Clerical Officers Association - Minutes of meetings and correspondence arising from minutes, 1945 - 1979, NTAC1981/143; National Archives of Australia, Northern Territory Office. Details
• Records of the ACOA, including general correspondence, accounts, staff file series, 1945 - 1979, NTAC1981/142; National Archives of Australia, Northern Territory Office. Details

National Archives of Australia, Tasmanian Office

• Administrative & Clerical Officers Association - General correspondence files, 1947 - , M226; National Archives of Australia, Tasmanian Office. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Papers of John Carroll, 1956-1957, 1956 - 1957, MS 3124; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
• Sandra Ellims - Papers, 1934-1973, 1934 - 1973, MS 6264; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Mel Pratt Collection - Clyde Cameron interviewed by Mel Pratt, 1971 - 1988, ORAL TRC 121/24; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• A. Simakoff Papers, 1963 - 1984, Z32, Z96 & Z79; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Administrative & Clerical Officers Association, Commonwealth Public Service - Records, 1932 - 1965, Z388; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Administrative & Clerical Officers Association, Commonwealth Public Service - Records, 1929 - 1991, Z380; Z416 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Administrative & Clerical Officers Association, Commonwealth Public Service - Records, 1923 - 1988, Z265; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Administrative & Clerical Officers Association, Commonwealth Public Service - Records, 1916 - 1990, A12; E182; E228; E229; E257; N67; Z97; Z237; Z309; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Bruce Juddery Papers, 1910 - 1975, P135; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Rick Kuhn Papers, 1977 - 1991, Z594; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin Branch

• Administrative & Clerical Officers' Association, Northern Territory Branch - Administration and policy files, 1952 - 1989, NTRS 754; Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin Branch. Details
• Administrative & Clerical Officers' Association, Northern Territory Branch - Minutes, 1968 - 1977, NTRS 851; Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin Branch. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Administrative and Clerical Officers' Association, Reform Group - Records, 1976 - 1984, 1984.0087; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Australian Public Sector and Broadcasting Union, Victorian Branch - Records, 1960 - 1980, 1991.0031; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• Juddery, Bruce, White Collar Power: A History of the A.C.O.A., George Allen and Unwin, North Sydney, New South Wales, 1980, 319 pp. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 19: Trade Unions - Public Sector', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/040.html. Details
• Agency details for Agency CA 3029 - Administrative and Clerical Officers Asociation, Commonwealth Public Service, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Numberr=CA+3029. Details