Identity area
Type of entity
Trade union
Authorized form of name
Postal Sorters' Union of Australia
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1912 - 1925
History
The Postal Sorters' Union of Australia was formed in 1912 as a federation of five State unions and registered in 1913. In 1925 it merged with the Australian Letter Carriers' Association (then known as the Commonwealth Public Service Fourth Division Employees' Union of Australia) and the Australian Postal Linesmen's Union to form the Amalgamated Postal Linesmen Sorters' and Letter Carriers' Union of Australia, renamed the Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union of Australia in 1926.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Representation for postal workers
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Entered from deposit description 13 December 2012
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Script(s)
Sources
Australian Trade Union Archives website: www.atua.org.au