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Trade Union entry Australian Association of University Staff (1986 - 1988)

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    Chart 10: Trade Unions - Education
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From
1986
To
1988
Functions
Trade Union (Federal)
Reference No
283V

Summary

The Australian Association of University Staff formed in 1986 but was renamed two years later to the Federated Australian University Staff Association [FAUSA]. FAUSA represented mainly academic staff in the traditional university sector. By 1993, however, FAUSA recognised the need to form a single, stronger union for the whole tertiary education industry. Merging with the Union of Australian College Academics [UACA], the Australian Colleges and Universities Staff Association [ACUSA], the University of Adelaide General Staff Association [UAGSA] and the Australian National University Administrative and Allied Officers' Association [ANUAAOA], FAUSA helped form the National Tertiary Education Industry Union. The NTEU provided a united voice for tertiary education workers, without the old, arbitrary divisions between different parts of the industry or different categories of workers. The amalgamation was endorsed by an overwhelming majority of members of each of the five unions.

Timeline

 1986 - 1988 Australian Association of University Staff
       1988 - 1993 Federated Australian University Staff Association
             1993 - National Tertiary Education Industry Union

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

  • Federated Australian University Staff Association - Records, 1952 - 1993, E194; Z239; Z564(pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

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Chart 10: Trade Unions - Education
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Bruce A. Smith