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Introduction - Endnotes

1. Section 51, Placitum XXXV, Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900, Commonwealth of Australia, Sydney, 1900. [Return to page 2]

2. For the sake of simplicity, all citations directly from the Conciliation & Arbitration Act 1904 are made from Conciliation & Arbitration Act 1904, Commonwealth of Australia, reprinted 30 September 1982 (C&A Act 1904). [Return to page 2]

3. Section 4, C&A Act 1904. [Return to page 3]

4. H.B. Higgins, A New Province for Law & Order, Workers Educational Association of N.S.W, Sydney, 1922, p2. [Return to page 3]

5. J.H.Portus, Australian Compulsory Arbitration 1900-1970, Hick Smith & Sons for Workers Educational Association of N.S.W, Sydney, 1971, pp70-71. [Return to page 3]

6. D.W.Rawson, Unions & Unionists in Australia, Allen & Unwin, North Sydney, NSW, 1986, p101. [Return to page 3]

7. Section 37, Industrial Relations Act 1988 with regulations, rules, index & comparative tables, consolidated to 1 April 1989, CCH Australia Ltd, North Ryde, NSW, 1989 (IR Act 1988). [Return to page 3]

8. In the language of both Acts an 'organisation' is a federally registered trade union, employer association or employer. When unregistered they are referred to as 'associations'. [Return to page 4]

9. Section 2, C&A Act 1904 & Section 3, IR Act 1988. [Return to page 4]

10. Rawson, op. cit., p28. [Return to page 4]

11. B. Fitzpatrick & R. Cahill, The Seamen's Union of Australia 1872-1972, Seamen's Union of Australia, Sydney, 1981, p3. [Return to page 4]

12. Central Committee Minutes 10 December 1910, Federal Council, Australian Journalists' Association, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University (NBAC/ANU), Z270 Box 1 & Special General Meeting Minutes 15 January 1911, New South Wales Institute of Journalists, NBAC/ANU, N59/1. [Return to page 4]

13. A. Best, The Tobacco Workers, history of the Tobacco Workers Union of Australia, Victorian Branch, 1884-1984, Federated Tobacco Workers' Union of Australia (Victorian Branch), Cheltenham, Vic., 1989, p75. [Return to page 4]

14. 7-025 Australian Labour Law Reporter, CCH Australia Ltd, North Ryde, NSW, 1979. [Return to page 4]

15. Rawson, op. cit., p88. [Return to page 4]

16. This amendment applied only to registered trade unions. [Return to page 4]

17. Section 25, C&A Act 1904 & Section 99, IR Act 1988. [Return to page 5]

18. J.H.Portus, The Development of Australian Trade Union Law, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1958. [Return to page 5]

19. Section 136, C&A Act 1904 & Section 192, IR Act 1988. [Return to page 5]

20. Section 148, C&A Act 1904 & Section 290, IR Act 1988. [Return to page 5]

21. Section 47, C&A Act 1904 & Section 122, IR Act 1988. [Return to page 5]

22. Section 5, C&A Act 1904 & Section 334, IR Act 1988. [Return to page 5]

23. Section 195, IR Act 1988. [Return to page 5]

24. Section 205, IR Act 1988. [Return to page 5]

25. Section 204, IR Act 1988. [Return to page 5]

26. ibid. [Return to page 5]

27. O. Foenander, Industrial Regulation in Australia, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1947, p17. [Return to page 5]

28. A detailed examination is made of regulation of internal union affairs in Chapter 1 'The Legal Framework' of M. Dickenson's Democracy in Trade Unions - Studies in Membership Participation & Control, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld., 1982. [Return to page 5]

29. Rawson, op. cit., p83-85 See Chapter 6 'Unions & the Law' for further examination of dual registration, & in particular, the Moore v Doyle Case in the Commonwealth Industrial Court 1969. [Return to page 6]

30. General Meeting Minutes 22 November 1939 & 27 August 1941, & Special General Meeting Minutes 9 July 1941, Sydney Foremen Stevedores' Association, NBAC/ANU, N48/3; General Meeting Minutes 23 June 1943, 28 July 1943, 27 September 1943, 4 October 1943, 4 November 1943, 23 November 1943, & December 15 1943, August 29 1944, Executive Meeting Minutes 22 November 1944, Annual General Meeting Minutes 22 March 1945,, Special Executive Meeting Minutes 7 February 1946, General Stop Work Meeting Minutes 5 March 1946, Special Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 9 May 1946 Special Meeting Minutes 23 July 1946, Special Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 26 September 1946, General Meeting Minutes 3 October 1946, Detail of costs re organisation for federation 11 December 1946, Special Executive Meeting 14 December 1946, Executive Committee Minutes 9 January 1947, Australian Foremen Stevedores' Association (Sydney Branch), NBAC/ANU, N48/6-7. [Return to page 6]

31. Rawson, op. cit., p80. [Return to page 7]

32. Decision of J.E. Taylor, Industrial Registrar 17 October 1950, Commonwealth Conciliation & Arbitration Act 1904-1949, in the matter of an application by the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia for registration as an organization of employees under the said Act and in the matter of objections thereto, p5, NBAC/ANU.Building Workers' Industrial Union, Federal Office, Z285 Box 389, 'Registration - BWIU application for registration: ASC&J application for registration and appeal: transcript, decisions, correspondence 1950-1952'. [Return to page 7]

33. Judgement by Judge Beeby 6 May 1927, in the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation & Arbitration, in the matter of Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia, & Federated Storemen and Packers' Union of Australia (claimants), & Permanent & Casual Wharf Labourers' Union of Australia (respondents), NBAC/ANU.Waterside Workers Federation of Australia, Federal Office, T62/52/29, 'Dispute - Permanent & Casual Union 8 Oct - 6 May 1927'. [Return to page 7]

34. J. Norton, The History of Capital & Labour in All Lands & Ages, Oceanic Publishing Co., Sydney & Melbourne, 1888, p53. [Return to page 9]

35. The Second Intercolonial Trades Union Congress - An Official Report of the Debates held 22-25 April 1884, Trades Hall Council, Melbourne, 1884, pp58-68. [Return to page 9]

36. T.A. Coghlan, Labour & Industry in Australia, Volume IV, Macmillan of Australia, South Melbourne, Vic., 1969, p1839. [Return to page 9]

37. R.M. Martin, Trade Unions in Australia, Penguin Books, Ringwood, Vic., 1980, p1. [Return to page 9]

38. I. Turner, In Union is Strength - A History of Trade Unions in Australia 1788-1974, Thomas Nelson (Australia) Limited, West Melbourne, Vic., 1976, p59. [Return to page 9]

39. Norton, op. cit., pp60-61. [Return to page 10]

40. Coghlan, op. cit., p1838. [Return to page 10]

41. G. Patmore, Australian Labour History, Series: Australian Industrial Relations, Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1991, p63. [Return to page 10]

42. R. Markey, In Case of Oppression - The Life & Times of the Labor Council of New South Wales, Pluto Press, Leichardt in association with the Lloyd Ross Forum of the Labor Council of New South Wales, Sydney, 1994, p19. [Return to page 10]

43. ibid., p95. [Return to page 10]

44. ibid., pp96-97. [Return to page 10]

45. I. Turner, Industrial Labour and Politics - The Dynamics of the Labour Movement in Eastern Australia 1900-1921, Australian National University, Canberra, 1965, p183. [Return to page 11]

46. ibid., p183. [Return to page 11]

47. ibid., p184. [Return to page 11]

48. N.A. Anderson, One Big Union for Australia, International Labor Press, Melbourne, 1919?, pp23,28. [Return to page 11]

49. Turner (1965), op. cit., pp184-185. [Return to page 11]

50. ibid. pp185-194. [Return to page 11]

51. J. Hagan, The History of the A.C.T.U., Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1981, pp22-23. [Return to page 11]

52. ibid., p39. [Return to page 11]

53. ibid., p25. [Return to page 11]

54. Markey, op. cit., p198. [Return to page 11]

55. Official Report of the All-Australian Trade Union Congress held at Trades Hall Melbourne May 3-9 1927, Labor Call Print, Melbourne, 1927, p3., 1927 ACTU Congress Papers, NBAC/ANU, S784 Box 1. [Return to page 11]

56. Hagan, op. cit., p81. [Return to page 11]

57. Official Report of the All-Australian Trade Union Congress held at Trades Hall Melbourne May 3-9 1927, Labor Call Print, Melbourne, 1927, pp20, 25-28, 1927 ACTU Congress Papers, NBAC/ANU, S784 Box 1. [Return to page 12]

58. Constitution, Rules & Standing Order - Australian Council of Trade Unions (as amended by ACTU Congress, September 1993), D149-93, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne, p1. [Return to page 12]

59. All-Australian Trade Union Congress Minutes 4 September 1947 7th Session, p2, 1947 ACTU Congress Papers, NBAC/ANU, S784 Box 1. [Return to page 12]

60. Report on ACTU Executive Re-organisation December 1980 (amended August 1981), D107-80. pp 2-3, 1981 ACTU Congress Papers, NBAC/ANU, S784 Box 4. [Return to page 12]

61. Minutes 1985 Congress September 9-13 1985, D18-1986, p6, 1985 ACTU Congress Papers, NBAC/ANU, S784 Box 5. [Return to page 12]

62. Constitution, Rules & Standing Order - Australian Council of Trade Unions (as amended by ACTU Congress, September 1993), D149-93, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne, Schedule 1. [Return to page 12]

63. R. Martin, 'The ACTU Congress of 1993' Labour History - A Journal of Labour and Social History, Number 66, May 1994, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1994, p141. [Return to page 12]

64. Constitution, Rules & Standing Order - Australian Council of Trade Unions (as amended by ACTU Congress, September 1993), D149-93, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne, Schedule 1. [Return to page 12]

65. Report by the Committee to Advise on Policies for Manufacturing Industry, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1975 p111; Report of the Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1977 p291; Report of the Committee of Inquiry. Volume one. Technological change in industry / Technological Change in Australia, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1980, p173. [Return to page 13]

66. An 'industry union' is defined by David Gill as one comprised of persons employed within one industry, with eligibility not limited by any other qualification. D. Gill, 'Industry Unions - Policy or Pipe Dream?' Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume 21, Number 2, Jun 1979, Industrial Relations Society of Australia, p185. [Return to page 13]

67. Submission to Senate Select Committee on Industrial Relations Legislation, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Jun 1982, D114/82, p 45, NBAC/ANU. Federated Engine Drivers' Association of Australasia (NSW), N129/2369, Research Officer's Files, 'Industrial Relations Legislation, Senate Select Committee on', 1982. [Return to page 13]

68. H. Gill & V. Griffen, 'Fetish of Order: Reform in Australian Union Structure' Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume 23, Number 3, Sep 1981, Industrial Relations Society of Australia, p375. [Return to page 13]

69. ibid., p362. [Return to page 13]

70. Statement of Accord by the Australian Labor Party & the Australian Council of Trade Unions regarding Economic Policy, Trade Union Training Authority, Wodonga, Feb 1983, p11. [Return to page 13]

71. Australian Industrial Relations Law & Systems - Report of the Committee of Review, Volume One: Recommendations for Change, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1985, pp18-24. [Return to page 13]

72. 'Trade Unions: Classification according to number of members 1982', Year Book Australia, No.68 1984, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, p161. [Return to page 13]

73. Australia Reconstructed - ACTU/TDC Mission to Western Europe - A Report by the Mission Members to the ACTU & the TDC, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1987, pp190-191, [Return to page 13]

74. Future Strategies for the Trade Union Movement, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Sep 1987, D229/87, NBAC/ANU. ACTU, S886, Congress Papers 1987, p13. [Return to page 13]

75. ibid., p50. [Return to page 13]

76. 'Looking Forward' - Speech by the Hon Peter Morris MHR Minister for Industrial Relations at the 1989 ACTU Congress, D283/1989, NBAC/ANU. ACTU, S784, Minutes 1989 ACTU Congress, Sep 28 1989, Attachment 4, p14. [Return to page 13]

77. Section 132, C&A Act 1904 & Section 189, IR Act 1988. [Return to page 13]

78. 'Case No. 1559: Complaint against the Government of Australia presented by the Confederation of Australian Industry (CAI) and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE)' 284th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association, International Labour Organisation, Paragraph 203., International Labour Organisation, Geneva, 1992, NBAC/ANU. Edna Ryan & Sylvia Winter's Papers relating to the Women's Electoral Lobby Campaign on Enterprise Bargaining, Z490 Box 1, Edna Ryan's Enterprise Bargaining Campaign Files, p59. [Return to page 14]

79. 'ibid., p79. [Return to page 14]

80. 'ibid., p79. [Return to page 14]

81. Statement of Accord by the Australian Labor Party & the Australian Council of Trade Unions regarding Economic Policy, Trade Union Training Authority, Wodonga, Feb 1983, p11. [Return to page 15]

82. M. Dickenson, Democracy in Trade Unions - Studies in Membership Participation & Control, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld., 1982, p15. [Return to page 15]

83. Future Strategies for the Trade Union Movement, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Sep 1987, D229/87, NBAC/ANU. ACTU, S886, Congress Papers 1987, p14. [Return to page 15]

84. M. Picard, 'Union amalgamation: legal framework' Union amalgamation: a training kit, TUTA Training Resources, Australian Trade Union Training Authority, Melbourne, Jan 1992. [Return to page 15]

85. ibid. [Return to page 15]

86. ibid. [Return to page 15]

87. P. Williams, 'Economic Perspective' Australian Financial Review, 10 July 1989. [Return to page 15]

88. Future Strategies for the Trade Union Movement, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Sep 1987, D229/87, NBAC/ANU. ACTU, S886, Congress Papers 1987, p53. [Return to page 15]

89. now the Automotive, Food, Metals & Engineering Union after joining with the previously amalgamated Confectionery Workers & Food Preservers' Union of Australia, the Food Preservers being one of the relatively few unions in the Western world to be affiliated with the Left-wing World Federation of Trade Unions. [Return to page 16]

90. Amalgamation - What's it all about, Communication Workers Union & Electrical and Electronic and Plumbing Union, 1993. [Return to page 16]

91. Martin (1994), op. cit., p140. [Return to page 16]


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