Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union (ii) (1993 - )

The Constuction Forestry Mining & Energy Union [CFMEU] is the result of a series of amalgamations during the early 1990s. Prior to amalgamation there were numerous unions spread across construction, forestry, mining and energy industries. Those unions amalgamated along industry lines to form each of the divisions of the CFMEU. Each division operates autonomously, with its own membership, executive, resources, industry policies and campaigns.

These divisions date as far back as the mid nineteenth century and include such notable unions as the Miners' Federation, the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia, the Australian Timber Workers' Union, the Operative Plasterers' and the Operative Painters' & Decorators' Union of Australia.

See "online sources" for a pedigree chart of this entity.

 ? - 1874 Maldon Miners Association
 ? - 1874 Buninyong Miners Association
 ? - 1874 Blackwood Miners Association
 ? - 1874 Clunes Miners Association
 ? - 1874 Haddon Miners Association
 ? - 1874 St Arnaud Miners Association
 ? - 1874 Sandhurst Miners Association
 ? - 1874 Malmsbury Miners Association
 ? - 1874 Stawell Miners Association
 1870s - c. 1883 Creswick Miners Association
       1874 - c. 1884 Amalgamated Miners Association of Victoria
       1907 - 1914 Victorian Coal Miners Association
       1913 - 1948 Australian Paper Mill Employees Union
             c. 1884 - 1916 Amalgamated Miners Association of Australasia
             1913 - 1916 Australasian Coal Miners Association
             1918 - 1991 Australian Timber Workers Union
             1926 - 1929 Colliery Mechanics Mutual Protective Association Hunter River District, New South Wales
             1948 - 1991 Pulp & Paper Workers Federation of Australia
                   1916 - 1990 Australasian Coal & Shale Employees Federation
                   1929 - 1990 Federated Mining Mechanics Association of Australasia
                   1962 - 1991 Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (ii)
                   1991 Australian Timber & Allied Industries Union
                         1884 - 1909 United Furniture Trade Society
                         1910 - 1915 Federated House & Ship Painters Paperhangers & Decorators Employees Association of Australasia
                         1925 - 1963 Operative Plasterers Federation of Australia
                         1990 - 1992 United Mineworkers Federation of Australia
                         1991 - 1992 ATAIU & BWIU Amalgamated Union
                               1909 - 1914 Federated Furnishing Trade Societies of Australasia
                               1915 - 1918 Operative Painters & Decorators of Australasia
                               1950 - 1992 Federated Engine Drivers & Firemens Association of Australasia (ii)
                               1963 - 1992 Operative Plasterers & Plaster Workers Federation of Australia
                               1990 - 1992 United Mineworkers Federation of Australia
                               1992 Construction Forestry & Mining Employees Union
                                     1911 - 1995 Federated Brick Tile & Pottery Industrial Union of Australia
                                     1914 - 1993 Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia
                                     1918 - 1993 Operative Painters & Decorators Union of Australia
                                     1992 - 1993 Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union (i)
                                           1993 - Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union (ii)

• 'Chart 7: Trade Unions - Building, Construction, Mining & Timber Industries', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/028.html. [ Details ]