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Australian Shearers Union (1886 - 1887) |
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| The Australian Shearers' Union grew from the discord that was generated by the cutting of shearers' rates in April 1886. Organised, to a large extent by David Temple, the Union swelled to 8000 members by the end of that year's shearing season. In January 1887 the smaller shearers' unions of Wagga Wagga and Bourke joined with the Australian Shearers' Union to form the Amalgamated Shearers' Union of Australasia [ASU]. By 1894, the ASU had evolved to become the Australian Workers' Union [AWU], due largely to the amalgamation of the General Labourers' Union of Australasia. The AWU was registered in 1905 and continued operating under this name until 1993, despite two reregistrations (one in 1976 and the next in 1988). In 1993 the AWU amalgamated with the Federation of Industrial Manufacturing & Engineering Employees to form the AWU-FIME Amalgamated Union. |
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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/ALE1232b.htm |