Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsTrade UnionsHistoryRegistered as the Australian Bank Officials' Association in 1919, becoming known as the ABEU in 1978. In common with other white- collar areas, the Union has developed from a small and conservative organisation to a large and militant one, especially from the 1960s. It amalgamated with other finance industry unions in 1991 to form the Finance Sector Union of Australia.