Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers' Association

Identity area

Type of entity

Trade union

Authorized form of name

Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers' Association

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      Other form(s) of name

      • Commonwealth Telephone and Phonogram Officers' Association
      • Commonwealth General Division Telephone Officers' Association
      • General Division Telephone Traffic Officers' Association

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1914 - 1992

      History

      The union was originally named the General Division Telephone Traffic Officers' Association in 1914, then the Commonwealth General Division Telephone Officers' Association in 1915, the Commonwealth Telephone Officers' Association in 1924, the Commonwealth Telephone and Phonogram Officers' Association in 1950 and then the Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers' Association in 1975. It merged with the Australian Telecommunications Employees' Association in 1988 and this merged union then amalgamated with the Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union to become the Communication Workers' Union of Australia in 1992.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      Representation for telephonists

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Entered from deposit description 13 December 2012

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          Sources

          Australian Trade Union Archives website: www.atua.org.au

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