Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union

APTU
Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union
Merged into	Communication Workers Union of Australia
Founded	1925
Dissolved	1992
Headquarters	37/39 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria
Location	Australia;
Members	47,000 (1979)
Affiliations	ACTU, CAGEO, ALP, Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International

The Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union (APTU) was an Australian trade union which represented a wide range of employees in the postal and telecommunication industries, including postmen, postal and mail officers, delivery drivers, storemen, linesmen and telegram messengers.^[1] It was founded in 1925 and merged into the Communication Workers Union of Australia (CWU) in 1992.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Huntley, Pat (1980). Inside Australia's Top 100 Unions. Middle Cove, NSW: Ian Huntley (Aust.). pp. 186–189. ISBN 978-0-9598507-4-1.
^ Smith, Bruce A. (20 April 2001). "Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia (1926 - 1974)". Australian Trade Union Archives. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

[Huntley-1] Huntley, Pat (1980). Inside Australia's Top 100 Unions. Middle Cove, NSW: Ian Huntley (Aust.). pp. 186–189. ISBN 978-0-9598507-4-1.

[ATUA-2] Smith, Bruce A. (20 April 2001). "Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia (1926 - 1974)". Australian Trade Union Archives. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

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