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Trade Union entry Tailors Trade Protection Society (1870 - 1907)

From
1870
To
1907
Functions
Trade Union (State or Territory only)

Summary

A Tailors' Society was formed in Melbourne in 1866 but eventually collapsed in 1869 due to financial difficulties. It was refounded in 1870 as the Tailors' Trade Protection Society and began meeting with the Tailoresses' Society in 1905. The Pressers' Union, which had formed in 1884, amalgamated with the Cutters' & Joiners' Union in 1902 to form the Victorian Clothing Operatives' Union. In 1907 these groups combined to form the Victorian Branch of the Federated Clothing Trades Union of the Commonwealth of Australia. As elements of the trade incorporated into the union, it changed names to the Federated Clothing & Allied Trades Union in 1922, the Amalgamated Clothing & Allied Trades Union in 1924 and the Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia in 1947. In 1992 another change of name was effected, this time to the Textile Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia.

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Timeline

 1870 - 1907 Tailors Trade Protection Society
       1907 - 1922 Federated Clothing Trades of the Commonwealth of Australia
             1922 - 1924 Federated Clothing & Allied Trades Union
                   1924 - 1947 Amalgamated Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia
                         1947 - 1992 Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia
                               1992 - Textile Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia, Victorian Branch - Records, 1890 - 1960, 1981.0092; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Ross G. Elford

Created: 14 September 2001, Last modified: 12 December 2002