Trade Union entry Association of Draughting Supervisory & Technical Employees (i) (1981 - 1986)

Summary

This union grew out of the Association of Architects Engineers Surveyors and Draughtsmen of Australia [AAESDA]. This union was formed in Brisbane in 1915 and was registered in the Industrial Court of Queensland in 1917. By 1944 there were branches in New South Wales and Victoria and the AAESDA was able to gain federal registration. It included within its scope members of the deregistered Australian Association of Draughtsmen (1948) and the Federation of Scientific and Technical Workers (1971). The title Association of Draughting Supervisory and Technical Employees [ADSTE] was adopted in 1981. Following a 1986 amalgamation with the Australian Public Service Artisans' Association, ADSTE amalgamated again in 1991 with the Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union to form the Metals and Engineering Workers' Union. Two years later a further amalgamation with the Vehicle Builders Employees' Federation of Australia resulted in the Automotive Metals & Engineering Union. Finally in 1994 this union merged with the Confectionery Workers & Food Preservers' Union to form the Automotive Food Metals & Engineering Union.

Related entries

Timeline

 1944 - 1981 Association of Architects Engineers Surveyors & Draughtsmen of Australia
       1981 - 1986 Association of Draughting Supervisory & Technical Employees (i)
             1986 - 1991 Association of Draughting Supervisory & Technical Employees (ii)
                   1991 - 1993 Metals & Engineering Workers Union
                         1993 - 1994 Automotive Metals & Engineering Union
                               1994 - 1995 Automotive Food Metals & Engineering Union
                                     1995 - Automotive Food Metals Engineering Printing & Kindred Industries Union

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Association of Draughting Supervisory & Technical Employees - Records, 1948 - 1991, E160; Z126; Z485; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Automotive Metals & Engineering Union - Records, 1979 - 1993, Z485; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Association of Draughting, Supervisory and Technical Employees, Federal Branch - Records, 1943 - 1998, 2001.0041; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Association of Draughting, Supervisory and Technical Employees, Victorian Branch - Records, 1982 - 1991, 2001.0042; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Association of Draughting, Supervisory and Technical Employees, Victorian Branch - Records, 1960 - 1984, 1989.0114; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Association of Draughting, Supervisory and Technical Employees, Victorian Branch - Records, 1945 - 1985, 1989.0113; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Association of Draughting, Supervisory and Technical Employees, Victorian Branch - Records, 1969 - 1983, 1987.0113; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Association of Draughting, Supervisory and Technical Employees, Victorian Branch - Records, 1977 - 1984, 1986.0084; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• Davis, Edward M., Democracy in Australian Unions: A Comparative Study of Six Unions, Allen and Unwin, North Sydney, New South Wales, 1987, 243 pp. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 15: Trade Unions - Manufacturing - Metals and Food', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/036.html. Details