Peak Union body entry Australian Council of Salaried & Professional Associations (1956 - 1979)

Summary

In 1953 several meetings of kindred organisations were held to try and establish a permanent advisory council of non-manual worker organisations. The Council of Professional & Commercial Employees' Associations had been in operation since 1948. However, in 1954 a draft constitution of a new association was drawn up and the title was changed to the Council of White Collar Associations.

The Australian Council of Salaried & Professional Associations was formed on 17 October 1956 by an amalgamation of the Salaried Employees' Consultative Council of New soth Wales and the Council of White Collar Associations, Melbourne. With divisions in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, the Association merged into the Australian Council of Trade Unions in 1979.

Related entries

Timeline

 1948 - 1954 Council of Professional & Commercial Employees Associations
       1954 - 1956 Salaried Employees Consultative Council of New South Wales
       1954 - 1956 Council of White Collar Associations
             1956 - 1979 Australian Council of Salaried & Professional Associations
                   1979 - 1981 Australian Council of Trade Unions (ii)
                         1981 - Australian Council of Trade Unions (iii)

Archival resources

Flinders University, University Library

• National Institute of Labour Studies Collection - Records of the Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations, 1956 - 1979, http://www.lib.flinders.edu.au/resources/collection/special/nils/index.html; Flinders University, University Library. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Don Taylor interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1986, ORAL TRC 1948/11; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Australian Council of Salaried & Professional Associations - Records, 1936 - 1980, N23; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Council of Salaried & Professional Associations - Records, 1943 - 1979, A1; E215; N10; Z140; Z421(pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Griffin, G. and Giuca, V., 'One Peak Council: The Merger of ACSPA and CAGEO with the ACTU', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 28, no. 4, 1986, pp. 483-503. Details
• Williams, R. D., ''White Collars' Make Council', Labour History, vol. 6, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1964, pp. 29-37. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 1: Peak National Councils - Trade Unions', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/021.html. Details

See also

• Kerr, John R., 'Industrial Relations 1963-1964', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 6, no. 3, 1964, pp. 173-188. Details