- Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association
Infobox Union|
name= ALAEA
country=Australia
affiliation=ACTU , ITF,International Federation of Airworthiness IFA , Air Engineers International AEI ]
members= 4,085
full_name= Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association
native_name=
founded=1964
current=
head=
dissolved_date=
dissolved_state=
merged_into=
office=Sydney ,New South Wales
people= Stephen Purvinas,Federal secretary ; Paul Cousins, Federal President ;
website= [http://www.alaea.asn.au/ www.alaea.asn.au]
footnotes=The Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association is an
Australia n employee organisation (effectively atrade union ) which is registered with theAustralian Industrial Relations Commission and affiliated with theAustralian Council of Trade Unions . ALAEA is not affiliated with an Australian political party, but maintains industrial affiliations with the NSW Labor Council and theInternational Transport Workers' Federation . ALAEA was formed in1964 . It sees its own function as a professional association, which puts it within theservices model of union organisation. ALAEA does not describe itself as a trade union, or organisation ofworker s.The Australian Trade Union Archives claim that ALAEA's current membership is in excess of 3000 members. The ALAEA claims to have in excess of 4000 members and in its most recent annual return claimed to have 4085 members as of 1 January 2005 [http://www.e-airc.gov.au/files/107n/AR2006116a.pdf] , although this date could have been a typographical error (and should have been 1 January 2006) as the previous year's annual return also referred to the same date. ALAEA's membership coverage is for licenced aircraft maintenance engineers, aircraft maintenance engineers, technical and
engineering support staff.ALAEA's
journal is called "e-Torque", and is available from theirwebsite . The employer it has most of its dealings with isQantas .External links
* [http://www.alaea.asn.au/ Official website]
* [http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0194b.htm Australian Trade Union Archive entry on ALAEA]
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