Trade Union entry Australian Boot Trade Employees Federation, Adelaide Branch (1906 - 1950)

Summary

The Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation, Adelaide Branch has its origins in the Operative Bootmakers' Union of South Australia which was formed in 1882, and subsequently participated in the conference to establish a federal body, becoming the South Australian Branch of the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation at its formation in 1905. This branch registered federally in 1906 as the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation, Adelaide Branch. By 1908, the federal branch registered under the Commonwealth's Conciliation and Arbitration Act.

Although the Adelaide Branch was deregistered in 1950, the federal branch continued to operate until 1987 when it amalgamated with the Australian Textile Workers' Union to become the Amalgamated Footwear and Textile Workers' Union of Australia, and in 1992, a further amalgamation with the Federated Clothing and Allied Trades Union created the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia.

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Australian Boot Trade Employees Federation - Records, 1886 - 1960, E131: Z471; 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