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Trade Union entry Union of Postal Clerks & Telegraphists (1966 - 1990)

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    Chart 8: Trade Unions - Communications and Electrical
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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.

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

Digital resources

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Chart 8: Trade Unions - Communications and Electrical
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Bruce A. Smith