Trade Union entry Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers Union of Australia (1987 - 1992)

Summary

The Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers' Union of Australia was formed in 1987, following an amalgamation between the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation and the Australian Textile Workers' Union. The Union can be traced to about 1886 with the formation of the Victorian Silk Hatters' Society, which evolved in 1912, as the Federated Felt Hatting Employees' Union of Australasia. Shortly before this, in 1908, the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation was formed. In 1919, the third branch of the Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers' Union of Australia family tree was established with the formation and federal registration of the Australian Textile Workers' Union.

In 1984, The Australian Textile Workers' Union (i) and the Federated Felt Hatting & Allied Trade Employees' Union of Australia (the successor of the Federated Felt Hatting Employees' Union of Australasia) merged to form the Australian Textile Workers' Union (ii).

Operating until 1992 the Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers' Union of Australia eventually merged with the Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia to become the Textile Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia.

Related entries

Timeline

 c. 1886 - c. 1894 Victorian Silk Hatters Society
       1912 - 1950 Federated Felt Hatting Employees Union of Australasia
             ? - 1907 New South Wales Clickers Association
             1919 - 1984 Australian Textile Workers Union (i)
             1950 - 1984 Federated Felt Hatting & Allied Trade Employees Union of Australia
                   1908 - 1987 Australian Boot Trade Employees Federation
                   1984 - 1987 Australian Textile Workers Union (ii)
                         1987 - 1992 Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers Union of Australia
                               1992 - Textile Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers Union of Australia - Records, 1987 - 1991, Z489; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers Union of Australia - Records, 1987 - 1988, Z473; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers Union of Australia - Records, 1987 - 1993, Z304 (pt); Z568 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Boot Trade Employees Federation - Records, 1900 - 1988, T4; Z304; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Textile Workers Union - Records, 1969 - 1988, Z472; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Textile Workers Union - Records, 1928 - 1989, E119; Z488; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Chart 9: Trade Unions - Distribution/Warehousing and Manufacturing - Clothing and Apparel', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/030.html. Details