Trade Union entry Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (ii) (1962 - 1991)

Summary

The Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia traces its parentage to the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, which in the 19th Century was a branch of the English union of the same name. By 1911, the union had registered federally and was known as the Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners. In 1922, following an influx of members from the soon-to-be deregistered Australian Society of Progressive Carpenters & Joiners, the union became known as the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia [ASC&J]. Near the end of World War Two, the ASC&J became the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia [BWIU]. The BWIU was deregistered in 1948. An anti-communist faction of this union established a new Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1950 which eventually became part of the Australian Workers' Union. However, the Building Workers' Industrial Union was not formed again until 1962. In 1991 the BWIU amalgamated with the timber unions to eventually form the Construction Forestry Mining Employees' Union in 1992 as its Building Workers' Industrial Union Division.

Related entries

Timeline

 1962 - 1991 Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (ii)
       1991 - 1992 ATAIU & BWIU Amalgamated Union
             1992 Construction Forestry & Mining Employees Union
                   1992 - 1993 Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union (i)
                         1993 - Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union (ii)

Archival resources

Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle

• Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia, Newcastle - Correspondence, 1948 - 1961, A5157-A5171; Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle. Details

Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland

• Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia - Records, 1909 - 1977, UQFL 199; Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland. Details
• Joe Harris - Papers, 1962 - 1973, UQFL 106; Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland. Details

James Cook University of North Queensland, Library Archives

• E.J. Stannett Collection, 1954 - 1983, 141L-141R; James Cook University of North Queensland, Library Archives. Details

John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland

• Building Workers Industrial Union Records, 1953 - 1984, R 374; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Barry Egan interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1988, ORAL TRC 1948/37; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
• Don McDonald interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1994, ORAL TRC 3128/7; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
• Jack Ferguson interviewed by Frank Farrell in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1986, ORAL TRC 1948/18; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
• Joe de Bruyn interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1994, ORAL TRC 3128/11; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
• Pat Clancy interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1985 - 1986, ORAL TRC 1948/6; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
• Stan Sharkey interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1999, ORAL TRC 3128/6; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
• Tom McDonald interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1994, ORAL TRC 3128/8; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia - Records, 1913 - 1991, Z285; Z534 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia - Records, 1924 - 1984, Z253; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia - Records, 1870 - 1981, Z291; Z534; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia - Records, 1927 - 1995, Z392; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia - Records, 1870 - 1988, Z316; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia, Victorian Branch - Records, 1925 - 1966, 1977.0049; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia, Victorian Branch - Records, 1956 - 1975, 1990.0118; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

University of Wollongong Archives

• Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia - 'Don't let the Crimes Bill take away democratic rights', 1960, A937; University of Wollongong Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• Davis, Edward M., Democracy in Australian Unions: A Comparative Study of Six Unions, Allen and Unwin, North Sydney, New South Wales, 1987, 243 pp. Details
• McGuire, T.A., Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia: Brief History, Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia, Adelaide?, 1982?, 16 pp. Details
• Mitchell, G., On Strong Foundations; The BWIU and Industrial Relations in the Australian Construction Industry 1942-1992, Harcourt Brace, Sydney, 1996, 368 pp. Details
• True, Paul, It must be true - it's in the papers! Building Workers and the Press: 160 years of Anti-Union Propaganda, CFMEU (Construction and General Division). NSW Branch, Sydney, 1999, 47 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Henderson, D., 'A Proud History: History of the Building Workers' Industrial Union', Building Worker, vol. 13, no. 1, 1987, pp. 11-12. Details
• Woodward, A.E., 'Industrial Relations 1966-1967', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 9, no. 2, 1967, pp. 97-106. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 7: Trade Unions - Building, Construction, Mining and Timber Industries', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/028.html. Details