Trade Union entry Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia (iii) (1952 - 1992)

Summary

Registered initially in 1950, the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia [ASC&J] was an anti-Communist breakaway from the deregistered Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia which had prior to this, been known also as the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners. This new ASC&J became federally registered and strongest in Victoria and South Australia and remained active and opposed to the Building Workers' Industrial Union until it was, itself, deregistered in 1951. Formed again in 1952 under the same name, this latest version of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia lasted until 1992 when it eventually amalgamated with a number of other unions into the Federation of Industrial Manufacturing and Engineering Employees' [FIMEE], which in turn amalgamated with the powerful Australian Workers' Union in 1993 to form the AWU-FIME Amalgamated Union. From 1996 it has operated as the Building Construction and Joinery Branch of the Australian Workers' Union.

Related entries

Timeline

 1952 - 1992 Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia (iii)
       1992 - 1993 Federation of Industrial Manufacturing & Engineering Employees (iii)
             1993 - AWU-FIME Amalgamated Union

Archival resources

James Cook University of North Queensland, Library Archives

• E.J. Stannett Collection, 1954 - 1983, 141L-141R; James Cook University of North Queensland, Library Archives. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Tom McDonald interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1994, ORAL TRC 3128/8; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia - Records, 1897 - 1960, Z219; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia - Records, 1952 - 1960, T24; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners - Records, 1878 - 1990, SRG 239; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Melbourne City Sub Branch - Records, 1946 - 1954, 1986.0182; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Victorian Branch - Records, 1951 - 1966, 1986.0181; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Victorian Branch - Records, 1950 - 1970, 1980.0138; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Kevin Hince Collection, 1959 - 1977, 1994.0147; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• McGuire, T.A., Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia: Brief History, Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia, Adelaide?, 1982?, 16 pp. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 22: Trade Unions - Rural Industries. Infrastructure and Manufacturing - Metals and General', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/043.html. Details