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Trade Union entry Victorian Typographical Society (1916 - 1921)

From
1916
Victoria
To
1921
Functions
Trade Union (State or Territory only)

Summary

Formed from the old Melbourne Typographical Society in 1916, the Victorian Typographical Society eventually merged with other associated Victorian printing unions into the already established Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia in 1921.

Operating until 1966 the Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia eventually changed its name to the Printing & Kindred Industries Union. In 1986 the Printing & Kindred Industries Union amalgamated with the Federated Photo Engravers, and in 1992 with the Victorian Printers Operatives' Union and although it was impelled to reregister each time, it remained in name the Printing & Kindred Industries Union [PKIU]. In 1995 the PKIU amalgamated with the Automotive Food Metals and Engineering Union to form the Automotive Food Metals Engineering Printing & Kindred Industries Union, otherwise known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union.

Timeline

 1867 - 1916 Melbourne Typographical Society
       1916 - 1921 Victorian Typographical Society

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

  • Victorian Typographical Society - Records, 1857 - 1961, M23; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Printing and Kindred Industries Union, Victorian Branch - Records, 1867 - 1974, 1994.0162; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Fitzgerald, R.T., The Printers of Melbourne: The History of a Union, Pitman in association with Printing and Kindred Industries Union, Melbourne, 1967, 173 pp. Details
  • Hagan, James, Printers and Politics: A History of the Australian Printing Unions 1850-1950, Australian National University Press in association with the Printing and Kindred Industries Union, Canberra, 1966, 386 pp. Details

Ross G. Elford