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Trade Union entry Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia (1926 - 1974)

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    Chart 8: Trade Unions - Communications and Electrical
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From
1926
To
1974
Functions
Trade Union (Federal)
Reference No
079V

Summary

The Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union had its origins in the Australian Letter Carriers' Association which was registered federally in 1912. In 1924 it changed its name to the Commonwealth Public Service Fourth Division Employees' Union of Australia only to amalgamate a year later with the Postal Sorters' Union of Australia to form the Amalgamated Postal Linesmen Sorters' & Letter Carriers' Union of Australia. From 1926 it was known as the Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union [APWU], covering postmen, sorters and linesmen. The APWU survived until 1974 when it changed its name to the Australian Postal & Telecommunications Union. From 1990 the union amalgamated with the Australian Postmasters' Association and later the Postal Supervisory Officers' Association to eventually be known as the Communication Workers' Union. By 1994 this union had merged with the Electrical Electronic Plumbing & Allied Workers' Union of Australia to become the Communications Electrical Electronic Energy Information Postal Plumbing & Allied Services Union of Australia.

Timeline

 1912 - 1924 Australian Letter Carriers Association
       1913 - 1925 Postal Sorters Union of Australia
       1924 - 1925 Commonwealth Public Service Fourth Division Employees Union of Australia
             1925 - 1926 Amalgamated Postal Linesmen Sorters & Letter Carriers Union of Australia
                   1926 - 1974 Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia
                         1974 - 1990 Australian Postal & Telecommunications Union (i)
                               1990 - 1991 Australian Postal & Telecommunications Union (ii)
                                     1991 - 1992 Australian Postal & Telecommunications Union (iii)
                                           1992 Australian Postal & Telecommunications Union (iv)
                                                 1992 - 1993 Communication Workers Union of Australia (i)
                                                       1993 - 1994 Communication Workers Union of Australia (ii)
                                                             1994 - Communications Electrical Electronic Energy Information Postal Plumbing & Allied Services Union of Australia

Archival resources

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

  • Charles Lindsay Miller - papers, ca.1968-1974, 1968 - 1974, MLMSS 2685; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Papers of Frank Waters, 1890-1980, 1935 - 1980, MS 7942; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

  • Eleanor Masters interviewed by Ann Turner, 1993, ORAL TRC 2939; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

  • Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia - Records, 1930 - 1960, E122; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
  • Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia - Records, 1945 - 1969, E178; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
  • Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia - Records, 1910 - 1987, T35; E129; E205; Z148; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union, Federal Office - Records, 1956 - 1980, 1986.0111; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Waters, Frank, Postal Unions and Politics: A History of the Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union of Australia, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1978, 311 pp. Details

Online Resources

Digital resources

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