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411470
  • Title
    Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union. Communication Workers papers, 1928-1957
  • Creator
  • Call number
    MLMSS 9093
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1928-1957
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    411470
  • Physical Description
    2.01 metres of textual material (13 boxes) - printed, typescript, manuscript
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    The Communication Workers operated as a research centre within the Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union and published leaflets and booklets such as The Communication Worker

    Reference:
    Library correspondence file
    Australian Trade Union Archives http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0217b.htm (accessed 2 September, 2013)
  • Scope and Content
    Box 1
    Minutes of Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union - New South Wales Branch meetings (includes Amalgamated Postal Workers Union and various sub-committee meetings), telex messages, newscuttings and staff bulletins, 1971-1981

    Box 2
    Mostly contains various papers (eg lectures to union assemblies and academic papers) and correspondence on such issues as multinational corporations, pollution, public service unions, technological change in the workplace, women’s issues, privatization, occupational health and safety, television licenses, communications satellites, wages and salaries, postal worker productivity, 1928-1985

    Box 3
    Mostly contains various papers, pamphlets and correspondence on such issues as communications satellites, wages and salaries, technological change in the workplace, minutes of meets and pamphlets of various unions, ALP, union training courses, constitutions and rules of various Australian unions ca. 1969-1982

    Box 4
    Mostly contains Australia Post, Telecom and union pamphlets and notices, 1975-1983, but also the NSW Mail Network Plan, 1978

    Box 5
    Correspondence, union conference materials, accounts/ financial reports on the union and annual reports, 1976-1983

    Box 6
    Correspondence, material regarding rates of pay, Trade Unions Handbooks and copies of Communication Workers News, 1972-1984

    Box 7
    Copies of the of Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union - New South Wales Branch Newsletter, The Mercury, The Postal Advocate and The Communication Worker, 1957-1985

    Box 8
    Correspondence and material on subjects such as technological change in the workplace, NSW Mail Network Plan, ALP, communications technology, 1969-1982

    Box 9
    Correspondence and material mostly on technological change in the workplace and society in general, 1975-1982

    Box 10
    Mostly contains Telecom Staff Information Bulletins, 1957-1985

    Box 11
    Mostly contains correspondence and industry publications and reports, 1970s-1980s

    Box 12
    Mostly contains copies of union and left-wing publications with some correspondence, 1945-1980s

    Box 13
    Mostly contains copies of union and left-wing publications, 1970s-1980s
  • Copying Conditions
    Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
  • Description source

    Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2013-2014
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