Trade Union entry Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners, Victorian Branch (1909 - 1911)

Summary

The predecessor of the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia, the Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners was first registered in 1911. However, the Victorian Branch of this union had registered itself previously in 1909, only to be deregistered in 1911, its members being absorbed into the fold of the Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners. By the end of 1922 the name Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners had been amended to become the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia [ASC%J]. This original ASC&J operated until the end of the Second World War when its name was changed to the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia in 1945. The Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia, however, functioned for just three more years until it was deregistered in 1948. The name Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners was ultimately taken over by a rival, anti-Communist breakaway in 1950. The Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia was eventually reregistered in 1962.

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Richmond Branch - Records, 1889 - 1945, 1976.0060; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Richmond Branch - Records, 1892 - 1941, 1988.0079; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Chart 7: Trade Unions - Building, Construction, Mining and Timber Industries', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/028.html. Details