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The CEPU is the primary union in the Communications industry. The long term plan is to have this as the only union within the industry. All employees in the industry will belong to the CEPU.
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.
The CWU and EPU amalgamated in August 1994 to form CEPU. The elec- trical industry has many licensed persons and also covers many electronic manufacturers. The plumbing industry is also a licensed industry. With Telecom and Optus requiring licenses, there is a common thread between the groups. With shared trenches, all three groups must interface. The amalgamation will essentially be a fed- eration. Two Divisions exist.
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Communications Electrical/Plumbing
CEPU NATIONAL CONFERENCE MEMBERSHIP & VOTES
Membership Numbers All Divisions
01-03-1994 01-03-1997 01-03-1998 01-03-1999 01-03-2002
members vote members vote members vote members vote members vote
Electrical NSW 23333 233 20376 203 17023 170 18734 187 16421 164
Electrical VIC 11181 111 11207 112 13549 135 14629 146 16557 165
Electrical QLD 8538 85 10016 100 10426 104 8397 83 8411 84
Electrical SA 5640 56 3928 39 3417 34 3193 31 2800 28
Electrical WA 5323 53 6036 60 5502 55 5360 53 4032 40
Electrical 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
Comms P&T NSW 17066 170 17451 170 15579 155 14864 148 12081 120
Comms P&T VIC 11132 111 11431 111 9884 98 8842 88 6452 64
Comms P&T QLD 6485 64 7187 64 6443 64 6257 62 5016 50
Comms P&T SA 3735 37 3783 37 3690 37 3314 33 2649 26
Comms P&T WA 3130 31 3396 31 3022 31 2772 27 2328 23
Comms P&T TAS 1115 11 1190 11 1125 11 1020 10 943 9
Comms T&S NSW 8746 87 8685 87 7483 74 6644 66 3314 33
Comms T&S VIC 7202 72 7458 72 6561 65 6016 60 3760 37
Comms T&S QLD 4287 42 3853 42 3508 35 3087 30 1832 18
Comms T&S SA 2426 24 2199 24 2055 20 2055 20 1048 10
Comms T&S WA 2242 22 2313 22 2034 20 1816 18 1006 10
Comms T&S TAS 682 6 604 6 533 5 505 5 229 2
Comms TOA/Optus 776 7 702 7 565 5 520 5 152 1
Electrical EXEC 4 4 4 4 4
Plumbing EXEC 4 4 4 4 4
Comms T&S EXEC 4 4 4 4 4
Comms P&T EXEC 4 4 4 4 4
Totals
Electrical Total 55739 559 53004 534 51039 509 51448 514 48221 482
Plumbing Total 17760 179 14455 148 14246 144 10706 100 12677 126
Comms T&S Total 25585 257 25112 255 22739 224 20643 206 11341 113
Comms P&T Total 43439 424 45114 455 39743 396 37069 370 29469 294
GRAND TOTAL 142523 1419 137711 1393 127767 1273 119866 1190 101708 1015
Votes calculated by dividng income by divisor
2018 2017 2018 2018
divisor $330
NSW P&T 3,219,764 3,229,724 9,757 97
NSW T&S 471,190 512,312 1,428 14
VIC P&T 1,612,588 1,577,636 4,887 48
VIC T&S 761,015 830,252 2,306 23
QLD 1,293,497 1,338,863 3,920 39
SA & NT 557,117 604,698 1,688 16
WA 736,251 677,384 2,231 22
Sub Tot 8,651,422 8,770,869 26,216 264
Div Sec 2
NSW 1,182,074 1,185,047 3,582 35
VIC 4,130,931 4,042,635 12,518 125
WA 277,557 282,518 841 8
QLD 1,694,855 1,596,617 5,136 51
Sub Tot 7,285,417 7,106,817 22,077 221
Electrical Energy & Services
Divisional Secretary 3 3 0.22
NSW 6,317,082 6,460,021 19,143 191
Vic 8,206,335 8,142,350 24,868 248
QLD 7,316,749 7,532,466 22,172 221
SA 1,785,395 1,959,878 5,410 54
WA 3,994,418 4,032,885 12,104 121
Tasmania 940,785 1,018,790 2,851 28
Sub Tot 28,560,764 29,146,390 86,548 866
Grand total 44,497,603 134,841 1,351 100.00
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
The CEPU came into being on 1st August 1994. It came from an amalgamation between the Electrical and Plumbing Union (EPU) and the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
The CEPU consists of three Divisions.
The Communications Division (CD)
The Electrical Division (ED)
The Plumbing Division (PD)
Each Division has its own set of rules. A separate set of rules covers the national organisation. The National organisation is a National Executive ans a National Coulcil.
The CEPU is in effect a federation of the three divisions: Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Divisions are autonomous on matters which affect only their Division.
The National Council is responsible for issues which affect more than one Division or the union as a whole.
BRANCHES
The union has 27 Branches (2001) including 14 in the Communications Division.
In each of the six States there is one Electrical Branch, one Plumbing Branch and two Communications Branches (a Postal and Telecommunications Branch and a Telecommunications and Services Branch. Two national CD Branches, the TOA Branch and the Optus Branch operate over all states.
The results of CWU and EPU amalgamation ballot were:
CWU 68550 ballot papers issued
23718 voted 34% voted
16725 voted yes 70% voted yes
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