The Communication Managers' Association (CMA) was a trade union representing managers in the United Kingdom, principally those working for the Post Office.
Initially named the Association of Post Office Controlling Officers (APOCO), it was joined by the Postal Inspectors' Association in 1959, and in 1968 decided to rename itself as the Post Office Management Staff Association (POMA), to reflect its broader membership.
[2] It was also affiliated to the Federation of Post Office Unions, the National Federation of Professional Workers, and the Postal Telegraph and Telephone International.
[1] In 1981, it took its final name, the "Communication Managers' Association".
[3] By 1982, the union had 19,500 members, and published a monthly journal, New Management.