Trade Union entry Undertakers Assistants Union of Victoria (1900 - 1914)
- From
- 1900
Victoria - To
- 1914
- Functions
- Trade Union (State or Territory only)
Summary
The Undertakers Assistants' Union of Victoria was formed in Melbourne on 26 September 1890 and reformed on 24 August 1900. By November 1914 it had become known as the Federated Undertakers' Assistants & Cemetary Employees' Union of Australia, although by August 1915 it appears as the Undertakers' Assistants & Cemetary Employees' Union of Australia. It was under this name that the Union registered with the Commonwealth Conciliation & Arbitration Court on 27 March 1916.
Operating until 1988, the Union merged eventually merged into the Australian Workers' Union, which in 1993 became the AWU-FIME Amalgamated Union.
Related entries
Timeline
1900 - 1914 Undertakers Assistants Union of Victoria
1914 - 1915 Federated Undertakers Assistants & Cemetary Employees Union of Australia
1916 - 1988 Undertakers Assistants & Cemetery Employees Union of Australia
1988 - 1993 Australian Workers Union (iii)
1993 - AWU-FIME Amalgamated Union
Archival resources
The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program
Ross G. Elford
Created: 8 February 2002, Last modified: 12 December 2002