The Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association (PTCA) was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the post office and telecommunications industries.
History The union was founded in 1881 as the Postal Telegraph Clerks' Association, amalgamated with the United Kingdom Postal Clerks' Association in 1914 to form the Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association, and in 1919 amalgamated with the Postmen's Federation and the Fawcett Association to form the Union of Post Office Workers. It achieved official recognition, and as a result, in 1920 the London Postal Porters' Association, Central London Postmen's Association, Tracers' Association, Tube Staff Association, Messengers' Association and Sorters' Association all merged with it.
Leadership Notable figures in the leadership of the union included the women's officer, Edith Howse.
General Secretaries 1881: T. Wilkinson 1881: T. Morris 1886: J. E. Scott 1890: T. D. Venables 1898: C. E. Hall 1903: Thomas McKinney 1906: William Johnson 1910: E. R. Tuck 1914: J. G. Newlove 1917: Albert Lynes (acting) 1917: Frederick Fox Riley (acting)
Lynes was elected as general secretary in 1919, but before he could take up the post, the union was merged.
Organising Secretaries 1914: Fred Richardson 1918: Horace Nobbs
References
External links Catalogue of the PTCA archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Catalogue of the UKPCA archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick