UNION OF POST OFFICE WORKERS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/3693
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: UNION OF POST OFFICE WORKERS
Date(s)	: 1845-1990
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.68 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Union of Post Office Workers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Union of Post Office Workers was formed in 1919 on the merger of several smaller organisations. In 1980 it became the Union of Communication Workers and in 1995 the Communication Workers' Union.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Union of Post Office Workers, comprising records of several local branches of the Union and an interesting variety of branch newsletters and journals. These reflect the wide range of activities which once came under the Post Office, such as the cable room branch and the telephonists branch; and also include mutual benefit societies and benevolent funds.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by local branch of the Union.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in March and August 1996, with further deposits in 1997.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Post Office's central archives are held at the British Postal Museum and Archive, Freeling House, Phoenix Place, London, WC1X 0DL.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
June to August 2010.

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