Communication Workers Union of Australia

This article is about the trades union in Australia. For other uses, see Communication Workers Union.

The Communication Workers Union of Australia is a trade union in Australia. It is a division of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia.

Communication Workers Union (CWU)

Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia, Communications Division
Communications Workers Union of Australia
Founded	1912
Headquarters	Melbourne, Sydney, Perth
Location	Australia
Key people	Shane Murphy, Divisional President Greg Rayner, Divisional Secretary
Parent organization	Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU)
Affiliations	ACTU, Australian Labor Party
Website	www.cwu.org.au – National Divisional Office www.cwucentral.org.au – Central Branch (NSW/ACT/QLD/SA/NT) cwuwa.org – WA Branch www.cwuvic.asn.au – VIC Branch

It was formed in 1992 as a standalone Union following the merger of the Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union and the Australian Telecommunications Employees Association/Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers Association. At the time of the merger the union had a membership of approximately 85,000.^[1]: 36 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.^[2]