Trade Union entry Australian Textile Workers Union (i) (1919 - 1984)

Summary

The Textile Workers' Union was established in the aftermath of World War One, reflecting the diversification of the industry during the preceding years and its decentralisation during the 1920s. It amalgamated with the Federated Felt Hatting and Allied Trade Employees' Union of Australia in 1984, and with the Boot and Clothing trade unions thereafter to form the Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers Union of Australia in 1987. In 1992 the union amalgamated with the Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia to become the Textile Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia.

Related entries

Timeline

 1919 - 1984 Australian Textile Workers Union (i)
       1984 - 1987 Australian Textile Workers Union (ii)
             1987 - 1992 Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers Union of Australia
                   1992 - Textile Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Australian Textile Workers Union - Records, 1969 - 1988, Z472; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Textile Workers Union - Records, 1955 - 1964, E191; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Textile Workers Union - Records, 1928 - 1989, E119; Z488; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Textile Workers Union - Records, 1928 - 1985, Z568 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Australian Textile Workers' Union, Melbourne and Geelong Branch - Records, 1947 - 1972, 1977.0072; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Australian Textile Workers' Union, Victoria Provincial Division - Records, 1920 - 1976, 1977.0059; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Australian Textile Workers' Union, Victorian Branch - Records, 1960 - 1961, 1988.0094; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Australian Textile Workers' Union, Victorian Branch - Records, 1927 - 1978, 1982.0068; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Kevin Hince Collection, 1959 - 1977, 1994.0147; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Prior, Thelma, 'My Forty-Five Years in Industry', in Bevege, Margaret, James, Margaret and Shute, Carmel (eds), Worth her Salt: Women at Work in Australia, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1982, pp. 123-133. Details

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