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Jam Sauce Pickle & Food Preserving Employees Union of Australia (1911 - 1916) |
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| Function: Trade Union (Federal) | |||
| Although a union of jam, sauce and pickle works employees had been formed circa 1898, the union did not register federally until 1911. Registered as the Jam Sauce Pickle & Food Preserving Employees’ Union of Australia, it was changed in 1916 to the Amalgamated Food Preserving Employees’ Union of Australia. Despite its history the union failed to become a significant influence in the industry until its reorganisation under Percy Clarey, a leading Victorian unionist, after 1922. In 1929 the union registered itself as the Food Preservers’ Union of Australia. A Union of fluctuating membership, reflecting the importance of seasonal labour in the canning industry, the Food Preservers' Union was one of relatively few unions to maintain a strong presence in Australia's irrigation areas. In 1992 the union amalgamated with the Confectionery Workers’ Union to become the Food Preservers’ Division of the new Confectionery Workers' & Food Preservers' Union of Australia [CW&FPU]. In 1994 the CW&FPU amalgamated with the Automotive Metals and Engineering Union to form the Automotive Food Metals and Engineering Union. From 1995 it has been known as the Food and Confectionery Division of the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union. See "online sources" for a pedigree chart of this entity. |
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| Reference/Legal Number(s): 045V | |
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| Previous and Subsequent Entities 1911 - 1916 Jam Sauce Pickle & Food Preserving Employees Union of Australia | |
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Published by University of Melbourne, 7 March 2002 Based on "Parties to the Award" published 1994. Submit any comments, questions, corrections and additions Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 29 June 2006 http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0581b.htm |