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Trade Union entry Amalgamated Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia (1924 - 1947)

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    Chart 9: Trade Unions - Distribution/Warehousing and Manufacturing - Clothing and Apparel
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    Federal Council, Federated Clothing Trade, 1914
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From
1924
To
1947
Functions
Trade Union (Federal)
Reference No
005N

Summary

Although based on a plethora of smaller state based unions that had been operating from at least the mid nineteenth century, the Federated Clothing Trades of the Commonwealth of Australia was not formed and registered until 1907. As elements of the trade, such as the Victorian Clothing Operatives' Union and the Federated Straw Hatters' Association of Australia, incorporated themselves into the union, members sought a change of name to the Federated Clothing & Allied Trades Union, which they achieved in 1922. By 1924 it had become the Amalgamated Clothing and Allied Trades Union and in 1947 the Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia. The union's first amalgamation occurred in 1992, when it merged with the Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers' Union of Australia to become the Textile Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia.

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

  • Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia - Records, 1908 - 1988, E108; E193; N15; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
  • Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia - Records, 1870 - 1992, T26; E115; E138; N84; Z308; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • Muriel Agnes Heagney - Papers, 1936-1968, 1936 - 1968, MS 9106; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia, Victorian Branch - Records, 1890 - 1960, 1981.0092; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
  • Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia, Victorian Branch - Records, 1912 - 1980, 1986.0096; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

University of Wollongong Archives

  • Clothing and Allied Trades' Union of Australia - New South Wales Branch Records, 1875 - 1975, D46; University of Wollongong Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Tsokhas, Kosmas, Work practices in the clothing industry, 1929-1965, Australian National University, Canberra, 1989. Details

Theses

  • Ellem, Bradon, 'A History of the Clothing and Allied Trades Union', PhD thesis, Department of History and Politics, University of Wollongong, 1986. Details

Online Resources

Digital resources

Title
Chart 9: Trade Unions - Distribution/Warehousing and Manufacturing - Clothing and Apparel
Type
Image

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Title
Federal Council, Federated Clothing Trade
Type
Image
Date
1914

Details

Bruce A. Smith