Trade Union entry Technical Teachers Association of Victoria (1967 - ?)

Summary

In 1967, technical teachers of the Victorian Teachers' Union [VTU] left to form the Technical Teachers' Association of Victoria. At a later date this union became known as the Technical Teachers' Union of Victoria.

Although a breakaway from the VTU, growing dissatisfaction with the Victorian Teachers' Tribunal led, in 1976, to an agreement between the VTU, Technical Teachers' Union of Victoria and the Victorian Secondary Teachers' Association to work together on the basis of joint policy, for improved industrial relations for teachers.

In August 1981 the VTU Victorian Federation subcommittee agreed that there should be a Victorian Teachers' Federation modelled on the NSW Teachers' Federation.

In July 1984 the Teacher's Federation of Victoria was established as an umbrella organisation for industrial purposes, with the three teacher unions remaining autonomous. In 1990 the Technical Teachers' Union of Victoria and the Victorian Teachers' Union amalgamated as the Federated Teachers' Union of Victoria [FTUV]. By 1995 the Victorian Secondary Teachers' Association had amalgamated with the FTUV to form the Victorian Branch of the Australian Education Union.

Related entries

Timeline

 1967 - ? Technical Teachers Association of Victoria
       ? - 1990 Technical Teachers Union of Victoria
             1990 - 1995 Federated Teachers Union of Victoria
                   1993 - Australian Education Union

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Technical Teachers Union of Victoria - Records, 1967 - 1987, Z302; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Bain, P., 'Teacher Unionism Celebrates 100 Years in Victoria', Victorian Teacher, no. 2, 1986, pp. 16-17. Details
• Victorian Teachers' Union, 'A Centenary of Teacher Unionism in Victoria', VTU Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, 1986, pp. 12-13. Details