Trade Union entry Australian Social Welfare Union (1976 - 1992)

Summary

Formed from the Australian Association of Social Workers, which had been in existence since 1955, the Australian Social Welfare Union came into being in 1976. By 1992, the 6,500 members Australian Social Welfare Union amalgamated into the Australian Municipal Transport Energy Water Ports Community & Information Services Union, otherwise known as the Australian Services Union [ASU].

Members of the Australian Social Welfare Union now form the Social and Community Services Sector [SACS] Industry Division at a Branch and National level. The addition of the SACS area into the ASU provided a vital link into the private sector, bringing together workers in the SACS area within local government with their colleagues employed by non-government SACS agencies.

Related entries

Timeline

 1955 - 1976 Australian Association of Social Workers
       1976 - 1992 Australian Social Welfare Union
             1992 - 1993 Australian Municipal Transport Energy Water Ports Community & Information Services Union (ii)
                   1993 Australian Municipal Transport Energy Water Ports Community & Information Services Union (iii)
                         1993 - 1994 Australian Municipal Administrative Clerical & Services Union (i)
                               1994 - Australian Municipal Administrative Clerical & Services Union (ii)

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Australian Association of Social Workers - Records, 1946 - 1979, MS 6202; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

• Davis, Edward M., Democracy in Australian Unions: A Comparative Study of Six Unions, Allen and Unwin, North Sydney, New South Wales, 1987, 243 pp. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 6: Trade Unions - Administrative Services and Local Government', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/027.html. Details