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The Communications Workers Union (CWU) is the Communications Division of the Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU). CWU represents all workers in the: The CWU is administered on a national level through a Divisional Office in Melbourne. The Divisional Officials and Executive are directly elected by the membership of all branches which belong to the Communication Division nationally. The Communication Division is represented on the overall National Council of the CEPU. |
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The CEPU was formed in August 1994 following an amalgamation of a number of unions. The three main industries covered by CEPU are:
Communications (Telecommunications) CWU T&S* Communications (Postal) CWU P&T* Electrical ETU Plumbing PGEU
* In some states (SA, WA and Qld) the Postal and Telscom branches have merged and are dominated by the postal workers.
There is a National Council and National Executive which oversights the three Divisions of CEPU.
However the Divisions retain a large degree of autonomy.
Each division has a Divisional Conference and a Divisional Executive.
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To advance the interests of our members, branches of the CWU are affiliated to the following organisations:
The CEPU believes that all workers are entitled to expect basic human rights and the right to join and actively involves our members in promoting their interests and to co-operate with other like-minded organisations to promote the role and achievements of the labour movement.
We support the development of the communications industries in a socially responsible way.
In turn the workforce should benefit from secure jobs, meaningful careers, proper training, a safe and satisfying workplace, fair and equitable treatment, a voice in management decisions and high and increasing levels of wages and employment conditions.
This package of outcomes will never simply be a gift from benevolent employers or governments.
Such success depends on all workers in our evolving industries being recruited to the CEPU, receiving effective representation and services, and being actively involved in the union's democratic processes.
This of course is a great challenge. We face the threat of ongoing massive change: technology, corporatisation, deregulation, globalisation and anti-union political and economic ideology.
By working together and with other progressive organisations, we can meet this challenge.
CEPU NATIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP & VOTES
Membership Numbers All Divisions
01-03-1994 01-03-1997 01-03-1998 01-03-1999 01-03-2002
member vote member vote member vote member vote member vote
Electric NSW 23333 233 20376 203 17023 170 18734 187 16421 164
Electric VIC 11181 111 11207 112 13549 135 14629 146 16557 165
Electric QLD 8538 85 10016 100 10426 104 8397 83 8411 84
Electric SA 5640 56 3928 39 3417 34 3193 31 2800 28
Electric WA 5323 53 6036 60 5502 55 5360 53 4032 40
Electric TAS 1724 17 1441 14 1122 11 1135 11 - -
Plumbing NSW 3064 30 3065 30 3219 30 3422 34 1584 15
Plumbing VIC 7855 78 6648 66 6634 66 3505 35 7988 79
Plumbing QLD 3012 30 2394 23 2031 23 2024 20 1594 15
Plumbing SA 1555 15 630 6 639 6 635 6 573 5
Plumbing WA 1544 15 1220 15 1259 15 658 6 578 5
Plumbing TAS 311 3 123 1 129 1 152 1 120 1
Plumbing ACT 419 4 375 3 335 3 310 3 240 2
Comm P&T NS 17066 170 17451 170 15579 155 14864 148 12081 120
Comm P&T VI 11132 111 11431 111 9884 98 8842 88 6452 64
Comm P&T QL 6485 64 7187 64 6443 64 6257 62 5016 50
Comm P&T SA 3735 37 3783 37 3690 37 3314 33 2649 26
Comm P&T WA 3130 31 3396 31 3022 31 2772 27 2328 23
Comm P&T TA 1115 11 1190 11 1125 11 1020 10 943 9
Comm T&S NS 8746 87 8685 87 7483 74 6644 66 3314 33
Comm T&S VI 7202 72 7458 72 6561 65 6016 60 3760 37
Comm T&S QL 4287 42 3853 42 3508 35 3087 30 1832 18
Comm T&S SA 2426 24 2199 24 2055 20 2055 20 1048 10
Comm T&S WA 2242 22 2313 22 2034 20 1816 18 1006 10
Comm T&S TA 682 6 604 6 533 5 505 5 229 2
Comm TOAOptu 776 7 702 7 565 5 520 5 152 1
Elect EXE 4 4 4 4 4
Plumbing EXE 4 4 4 4 4
Comm T&S EXE 4 4 4 4 4
Comm P&T EXE 4 4 4 4 4
Totals
Electric Tot 55739 559 53004 534 51039 509 51448 514 48221 482
Plumbing Tot 17760 179 14455 148 14246 144 10706 100 12677 126
Comm T&S Tot 25585 257 25112 255 22739 224 20643 206 11341 113
Comm P&T Tot 43439 424 45114 455 39743 396 37069 370 29469 294
GRAND TOTAL 142523 1419 137711 1393 127767 1273 119866 1190 101708 1015
Financial Membership of CEPU
1989 145567 1990 155144 1991 163558 1992 152783 1993 150467 1994 147509 1995 140142 1996 145644 1997 137711 1998 127767 1999 119866 2000 2001 2002 101708 2003 131044 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 101711 2018
FINANCIAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
P&T NSW 8,674 8,556 8,217 8,093 8,263 8,398 8,421 8,176 8,096 7,861
T&S NSW 1,563 1,428 1,362 1,273 1,331 1,236 1,134 1,058 997 896
P&T VIC 4,945 5,065 4,939 4,844 4,878 4,521 4,483 4,380 4,432 4,387
T&S VIC 2,236 2,279 2,607 2,181 2,156 2,187 1,935 1,835 1,700 TBA
QLD 4,108 4,457 4,436 4,161 3,941 3,936 3,722 3,587 3,508 3,402
SA/NT 2,140 2,060 2,044 1,888 1,746 1,945 1,751 1,454 1,382 TBA
WA 1,973 2,006 1,818 1,812 1,781 1,821 1,787 1,779 1,776 1,740
TAS * 722 711 628 566 541 510 498 466 0 0
TOTAL 26,361 26,562 26,051 24,818 24,637 24,554 23,731 22,735 21,891 TBA
* The Electrical Division has taken over the Tasmanain Branch
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