Trade Union entry Federated Artificial Fertilizers & Chemical Workers Union of Australia (ii) (1948 - 1975)

Summary

The Federated Artificial Fertilizers & Chemical Workers' Union of Australia originated as the Federated Artificial Manure Trade & Chemical Workers' Union of Australia. Formed in 1913 as a breakaway union to the then communist-controlled Federated Ironworkers' Association, the Federated Artificial Manure Trade & Chemical Workers Union of Australia underwent a change of name in 1921 to the Federated Artificial Fertilizers & Chemical Workers' Union of Australia [FAFCWU]. By the end of 1948 this union had been deregistered and then reregistered under the same name. In 1975 the FAFCWU was amalgamated back into the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia. When the Australasian Society of Engineers merged with the union in 1991 it created the Federation of Industrial Manufacturing & Engineering Employees. By 1993 the union had amalgamated three more times, the last with the powerful Australian Workers' Union, to ultimately form the AWU-FIME Amalgamated Union.

Related entries

Timeline

 1948 - 1975 Federated Artificial Fertilizers & Chemical Workers Union of Australia (ii)
       1975 - 1991 Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (ii)
             1991 - 1992 Federation of Industrial Manufacturing & Engineering Employees (i)
                   1992 Federation of Industrial Manufacturing & Engineering Employees (ii)
                         1992 - 1993 Federation of Industrial Manufacturing & Engineering Employees (iii)
                               1993 - AWU-FIME Amalgamated Union

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia - Records, 1900 - 1982, E102; E170; E175; E180; E195; E218; E237; E244; N14; N63; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

• Federated Fertilizers & Chemical Workers Union - Records, 1910 - 1974, SRG 501; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Charles Healey - Papers, 1944-1960, 1944 - 1960, MS 11164; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Federated Artificial Fertilizers and Chemical Workers' Union of Australia - Records, 1914 - 1973, 1984.0124; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Federated Artificial Fertilizers and Chemical Workers' Union of Australia - Records, 1954 - 1973, 1977.0034; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Sheridan, Tom, 'A Case Study in Complexity: The Origins of the 1945 Steel Strike in New South Wales', Labour History, vol. 41, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1981, pp. 105-109. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 22: Trade Unions - Rural Industries. Infrastructure and Manufacturing - Metals and General', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/043.html. Details