Trade Union entry Confectionery Workers & Food Preservers Union of Australia (1992 - 1994)

Summary

Formed in 1992 through an amalgamation of the Confectionery Workers' Union of Australia and the Food Preservers' Union of Australia, the Confectionery Workers' & Food Preservers' Union of Australia [CW&FPU] continued a lineage that dates from the late nineteenth century. In 1994 the CW&FPU amalgamated with the Automotive Metals and Engineering Union to form the Automotive Food Metals and Engineering Union. From 1995 it has been known as the Food and Confectionery Division of the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union.

Related entries

Timeline

 1911 - 1916 Jam Sauce Pickle & Food Preserving Employees Union of Australia
       1916 - 1929 Amalgamated Food Preserving Employees Union of Australia
       1925 - 1986 Federated Confectioners Association of Australia
             1929 - 1992 Food Preservers Union of Australia
             1986 - 1992 Confectionery Workers Union of Australia
                   1992 - 1994 Confectionery Workers & Food Preservers Union of Australia
                         1994 - 1995 Automotive Food Metals & Engineering Union
                               1995 - Automotive Food Metals Engineering Printing & Kindred Industries Union

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Food Preservers' Union of Australia, Federal Council & Victorian Branch - Records, 1910 - 1998, 2001.0039; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Chart 15: Trade Unions - Manufacturing - Metals and Food', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/036.html. Details