Trade Union entry Australian Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (1926 - 1927)

Summary

The Australian Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers originated in 1861 in Victoria and later in other States. It came to represent enginemen, guards and cleaners on Australian railways. As a decentralised, yet strongly organised union, the history of the Australian Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and its subsequent and previous bodies, both known as the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen, reflects the development of national union development after 1880, and craft union-industrial union relations. The Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen was officially registered under federal industrial relations legislation as late as 1921. By 1926 the union had changed its name to the Australian Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, only to change it back to the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen in 1927. After 1970, membership swelled as a result of the inclusion of members from the deregistered Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen [AFULE] Commonwealth Division. In 1993 the AFULE merged with the Australian Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees' Association, the National Union of Rail Workers of Australia and the Australian Railways Union to form the Australian Rail Tram & Bus Industry Union.

Related entries

Timeline

 1861 - 1872 Locomotive Engine Drivers Association
       1872 - 1900 Locomotive Engine Drivers & Firemens Association
       c. 1891 - 1900 Queensland Locomotive Enginemen Firemen & Cleaners Association
             1900 - 1921 Federated Railway Locomotive Enginemens Association of Australasia
                   1921 - 1926 Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen (i)
                         1926 - 1927 Australian Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
                               1927 - 1993 Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen (ii)
                                     1993 - Australian Rail Tram & Bus Industry Union

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen - Records, 1896 - 1965, E118; Z515; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen - Records, 1885 - 1962, E94; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen - Records, 1891 - 1973, E212; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen - Records, 1870 - 1990, E99; Z154; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen - Records, 1895 - 1954, T60; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen. Victorian Division - Records, 1882 Sept.-1930, 1882 - 1930, MS 9391; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen, Bendigo Branch - Records, 1921 - 1963, 1977.0032; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen, Federal Division - Records, 1899 - 1970, 1978.0086; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen, Federal Division - Records, 1899 - 1970, 1976.0063; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen, Victorian Division - Records, 1886 - 1989, 1996.0063; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen, Victorian Division - Records, 1880 - 1976, 1976.0064; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen, Victorian Division and Benalla Branch - Records, 1898 - 1987, 1990.0002; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Edited Books

• De Pomeroy, N.W. and Gilbert, R. (eds), Men of the Footplate: One Hundred and Thirty Years of Railway Trade Unionism 1861-1991, Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen (Victorian Division), Melbourne, 1992. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 20: Trade Unions - Public Transport', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/041.html. Details