Trade Union entry Shop Distributive & Allied Employees Association (i) (1972 - 1991)

Summary

In 1908, unions representing retail workers in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia joined together to form 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 it was registered with the Conciliation and Arbitration Court as the Shop Distributive & Allied Employees' Association. In 1991 the Association amalgamated with the Mannequins' & Models' Guild of Australia and the Australian Hairdressers Wigmakers & Hairworkers Employees' Federation, causing to reregister once again as the Shop, Distributive and 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

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Joe de Bruyn interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1994, ORAL TRC 3128/11; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

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

See also

• Nyland, Chris and Kelly, Diana, 'Beatrice Webb and the National Standard for Manual Handling', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 34, no. 2, 1992, pp. 307-337. Details