Trade Union entry Union of Postal Clerks & Telegraphists (1966 - 1990)
- From
- 1966
- To
- 1990
- Functions
- Trade Union (Federal)
- Reference No
- 142V
Summary
The Union of Postal Clerks & Telegraphists has its origins in the Australian Telegraphists' Union.
Formed in 1920 as a breakaway group of the Australian Commonwealth Post & Telegraph Officers' Association, the Australian Telegraphists' Union deregistered just a few months later. It was formed again in 1921 under the same title. By 1925 it was known as the Australian Telegraphists & Clerical Assistants' Union.
Two years later, in 1927, the Union re-emerged as the Australian Third Division Telegraphists & Postal Clerks Union. Operating until 1966 the Third Division Telegraphists & Postal Clerks Union reregistered as the Union of Postal Clerks & Telegraphists. By 1990 the Union had merged into the Australian Postal & Telecommunications' Union, retaining 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
1921 - 1925 Australian Telegraphists Union (ii)
1925 - 1927 Australian Telegraphists & Clerical Assistants Union
1927 - 1966 Australian Third Division Telegraphists & Postal Clerks Union
1966 - 1990 Union of Postal Clerks & Telegraphists
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
- Australian Third Division Telegraphists & Postal Clerks Union - Records, 1922 - 1990, E278; N125; Z463; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
- Australian Third Division Telegraphists & Postal Clerks Union - Records, 1920 - 1990, T38; E142; E176; E226; E243; Z45; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection
- Post Office - Postal Clerks and Telegraphists Union Records, 1957 - 1977, DX5/; University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection. Details
Published resources
Books
- Baker, John S., Communicators and their First Trade Unions: A History of the Telegraphist and Postal Clerk Unions of Australia, UPCT, Haymarket, New South Wales, 1980, 372 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
Digital resources
Bruce A. Smith
Created: 20 April 2001, Last modified: 6 August 2010