The Plumbing and Pipe Trades Employees Union is a

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. It is a division of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia. The union was originally formed through the amalgamation of state-based unions in

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and

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in 1911. The federal union was initially known as the Australian Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees Union. The union amalgamated with the

Electrical Trades Union of Australia The Electrical Trades Union of Australia (ETU) is an Australian trade union. The ETU is a division of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia, Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU), and is the largest of t ...

and the

Communication Workers Union of Australia Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not only transmit ...

in the 1990s to form the Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia.

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