Trade Union entry Australian Letter Carriers Association (1912 - 1924)

Summary

The Australian Letter Carriers' Association was registered in Victoria under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act on the 25 September 1912. The Association was an amalgamation of several unions, most notably, the Victorian Letter Carriers' Association which had been operating prior to Australian Federation.

By 1924 the Association became known as the Commonwealth Public Service Fourth Division Employees' Union of Australia and a year later as the Amalgamated Postal Linesmen Sorters' & Letter Carriers' Union of Australia after further amalgamations with the Australian Postal Linesmen's Union and the Postal Sorters' Union of Australia. In 1926, the Union had changed once again to the Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union of Australia [APWUA]. Operating until 1974 the APWUA reregistered as the Australian Postal & Telecommunications' Union and retained this title, despite further amalgamations and reregistrations, until 1992. In 1992, the Australian Postal & Telecommunications' Union amalgamated with the Australian Telecommunications Employees' Association/Australian Telephone & Phonogram Officers' Association and became the Communication Workers' Union of Australia. A further amalgamation in 1994 with the Electrical Electronic Plumbing & Allied Workers' Union of Australia to form the all encompassing Communications Electrical Electronic Energy Information Postal Plumbing & Allied Services' Union of Australia.

Related entries

Timeline

 1912 - 1924 Australian Letter Carriers Association
       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

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia - Records, 1902 - 1916, T16; 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

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

• 'Chart 8: Trade Unions - Communications and Electrical', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/029.html. Details