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Trade Union entry Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia (ii) (1950 - 1951)

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    Chart 22: Trade Unions - Rural Industries. Infrastructure and Manufacturing - Metals and General
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From
1950
To
1951
Functions
Trade Union (Federal)
Reference No
Deregistered [was 001T]

Summary

Registered in 1950, the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia 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 union 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.

Archival resources

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, 1920 - 1924, Z291 (pt); 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

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

Digital resources

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Chart 22: Trade Unions - Rural Industries. Infrastructure and Manufacturing - Metals and General
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