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Brisbane Butchers Employees Union (1890 - ) |
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| Function: Trade Union (State or Territory only) | |
| Location: Brisbane, Queensland | |
| The union tradition among meat workers in Queensland seems to date from the establishment of the Brisbane Butchers' Employees' Union in 1889. Like many labour organisations during that era, the Union failed to survive the depression years of the 1890s. The formation of the Queensland Branch of the Australasian Federated Butchers' Employees' Union in 1906 resulted in the renewal of union activity & the recruitment of abattoir as well as retail workers. The Union became the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union in 1912. |
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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/ALE1218b.htm |