Trade Union entry Australian Leather & Allied Trades Employees Federation (1945 - 1972)

Summary

Originally formed in 1908 as the Australian Saddlery Trades Employees' Federation, this union has a direct lineage with one of Victoria's traditional eight-hour craft unions. By 1915 the Australian Saddlery Trades Employees' Federation had become the Australian Saddlery & Leather Workers' Trades Employees' Federation. Deregistered in 1918, the Australian Saddlery & Leather Workers Trades Employees' Federation was reregistered under this name again later that year. In 1922, after members of the deregistered Australian Sail & Tent Makers' Society began joining the union it was impelled to change its name again, this time to the Australian Saddlery Leather Sail & Canvas Workers Trades Employees' Federation. In 1924 the union became the Australian Saddlery Leather Sail Canvas Tanning Leather Dressing & Allied Workers Trades Employees' Federation which lasted until 1945 when it opted for the more manageable Australian Leather & Allied Trades Employees' Federation. This union suffered from changing markets and fashions as well as the introduction of mechanisation and synthetic materials and was de-registered in 1972. Its members, however, went on to enter the fold of the Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union of Australia.

Related entries

Timeline

 1918 - 1922 Australian Saddlery & Leather Workers Trades Employees Federation (ii)
       1922 - 1924 Australian Saddlery Leather Sail & Canvas Workers Trades Employees Federation
             1924 - 1945 Australian Saddlery Leather Sail Canvas Tanning Leather Dressing & Allied Workers Trades Employees Federation
                   1945 - 1972 Australian Leather & Allied Trades Employees Federation

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Australian Leather & Allied Trades Employees Federation - Records, 1902 - 1966, P95; Z370(pt); Z481(pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union of Australia - Records, 1913 - 1990, Z370; Z397; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union of Australia - Records, 1913 - 1983, Z481; Z370 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Australian Leather and Allied Trades Employees' Federation - Records, 1942 - 1972, 1978.0091; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Chart 14: Trade Unions - Hospitality, Liqor and miscellaneous Workers', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/035.html. Details