Trade Union entry Australian Textile Workers Union (ii) (1984 - 1987)

Summary

Mark II of the Australian Textile Workers' Union was formed in 1984 following a merger of the original version of the Australian Textile Workers Union and the Federated Felt Hatting & Allied Trade Employees' Union of Australia. Although both of these unions can be easily traced to the early twentieth century, there is evidence that the Federated Felt Hatting Employees' Union of Australasia (the precursor to the Federated Felt Hatting & Allied Trade Employees' Union of Australia), which was formed in 1912, had its origins in the Victorian Silk Hatters' Society which existed from about 1886 to about 1894. In 1987 the Australian Textile Workers' Union merged with the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Union to form the Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers Union of Australia. 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

 c. 1886 - c. 1894 Victorian Silk Hatters Society
       1912 - 1950 Federated Felt Hatting Employees Union of Australasia
             1919 - 1984 Australian Textile Workers Union (i)
             1950 - 1984 Federated Felt Hatting & Allied Trade Employees Union of Australia
                   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, 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

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