Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union | |
Merged into | Communication Workers Union of Australia |
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Founded | 1925 |
Dissolved | 1992 |
Headquarters | 37/39 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria[1] |
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Members | 47,000 (1979)[1] |
Affiliations | ACTU, CAGEO, ALP, Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International[1] |
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]