Trade Union entry Australasian Federated Butchers Employees Union (1906 - 1912)

Summary

Originating in 1890 and covering slaughtermen, retail butchers and sausage casing workers, the Australasian Federated Butchers Employees' Union was one of the first unions to register with the newly conceived Conciliation and Arbitration Commission in 1906. In 1912 this name was changed to the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union which has existed unchanged to this day. Women came to form a large part of the boning and packing sections of the industry, and, as a consequence, the Union became one of the spearheads of the equal pay campaign.

Related entries

Timeline

 1906 - 1912 Australasian Federated Butchers Employees Union
       1912 - Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union

Archival resources

Central Queensland University, Capricornia Central Queensland Collection

• Records of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union, Queensland Branch, 1909 - 1967, MS L7/1054-69; Central Queensland University, Capricornia Central Queensland Collection. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Amalgamated Meat Industry Employees' Union - Photographs and documents, ca. 1901-ca. 1970, c. 1901 - c. 1970, MS 10676; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Unconfirmed

• Records, 1889 - 1965, D83; Unconfirmed. Details
• Records, 1909 - 1967, D80; Unconfirmed. Details
• Records, 1908 - 1966, D50; Unconfirmed. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union, Victorian Branch - Records, 1890 - 1982, 1985.0081; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

University of Wollongong Archives

• Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union - Federal Council Records, 1906 - 1968, D78; University of Wollongong Archives. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Chart 14: Trade Unions - Hospitality, Liqor and miscellaneous Workers', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/035.html. Details