The Communication Workers Union of Australia is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...

in Australia. It is a division of the

Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia (CEPU) is a trade union in Australia. Its full name is the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia as it ...

. It was formed in 1992 as a standalone Union following the merger of the

Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union 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 mail carrier, postmen, postal and mail sorting, mail of ...

and the

Australian Telecommunications Employees Association The Australian Telecommunications Employees' Association (ATEA) was an Australian trade union representing technician, technical and tradesperson, trades employees in the telecommunications industry from 1912 to 1992. Its members were primarily ...

Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers Association The Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers Association was an Australian trade union representing telephonists, phonogram operators and telex service operators in the Australian Public Service. It existed from 1914 to 1992. Formation and f ...

. At the time of the merger the union had a membership of approximately 85,000. In 1993 it absorbed the Telecommunications Officers Association (TOA). The CWU amalgamated with the ETU and PPTEU to form the CEPU in 1994, thereafter becoming a division of the larger union. The three CEPU Divisions largely operate autonomously, as separate entities, on a day to day basis.

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National Divisional Office

Central Branch (NSW/ACT/QLD/SA/NT

Western Australia Branch

Tasmania Branch

Victoria Branch
Trade unions in Australia UNI Global Union Communications trade unions Trade unions established in 1912 1912 establishments in Australia