Trade Union entry Shop Assistants & Warehouse Employees Federation of Australia (1908 - 1972)

Summary

In 1908, unions representing retail workers in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia joined together to form, and register with the Conciliation and Arbitration Court, the Shop Assistants' and Warehouse Employees' Federation. Over time, State unions in Tasmania, Newcastle and Western Australia became part of the national union. By 1972, the Union changed its name to the Shop Distributive & Allied Employees' Association. In 1991, the Union merged with the Australian Hairdressers' Wigmakers' & Hairworkers' Employees' Federation and the Mannequins & Models Guild of Australia but retained the name Shop Distributive & Allied Employees' Association.

Related entries

Timeline

 1908 - 1972 Shop Assistants & Warehouse Employees Federation of Australia
       1972 - 1991 Shop Distributive & Allied Employees Association (i)
             1991 - Shop Distributive & Allied Employees Association (ii)

Archival resources

JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia

• Barmaids' and Barmens' Union, Eastern Goldfields - Records, 1914-1920, 1914 - 1920, MN 993; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Barry Egan interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1988, ORAL TRC 1948/37; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Shop Assistants & Warehouse Employees Federation of Australia - Records, 1908 - 1965, E105; M31; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Thomas Audley - Papers, ca. 1900-ca. 1975, c. 1900 - c. 1975, MS 11605; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• A.T. Brodney Papers, 1908 - 1971, 1972.0048; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Eather, Warwick, 'A City to Struggle in: Wagga Wagga and Labour, 1940-75', Labour History, vol. 78, 2000, pp. 141-154. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 21: Trade Unions - Retail', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/042.html. Details