Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia
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The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA) is an Australian employee association registered under state and federal industrial relations acts. This makes it, effectively, a trade union for the purposes of worker-employer bargaining; APESMA is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). APESMA acts to service member needs, primarily in terms of salary and industrial advice. This places APESMA within the services model of trade unionism.
APESMA claims to have 25,000 members from the following professions: engineers, scientists, managers, architects, IT professionals, pharmacists, veterinarians, surveyors and collieries staff. An additional 15,000 student members are also present. APESMA is an example of a union that is organised along occupational lines. For this reason its coverage areas overlap substantially with industry unions which now represent the majority of union members in Australia.
APESMA was created by a process of mergers of white collar, professional and mangement employee associations over a long period of years, however it has grown rapidly in the recent past.
APESMA celebrated its 50th anniversary of foundation in 1996. APESMA began as The Association of Professional Engineers, Australia which formed in 1946 and registered as an industrial association in 1948. APESMA has recently grown by merging with the following organisations:
1991 : The Association of Professional Scientists, Australia
1991 : The Local Government Engineers Association of New South Wales
1994 : Senior Managers (Telstra & Australia Post) Association
