Trade Union entry Federated Clothing Trades of the Commonwealth of Australia (1907 - 1922)

Summary

Although based on a plethora of smaller state based unions that had been operating from at least the mid nineteenth century, the Federated Clothing Trades of the Commonwealth of Australia was not formed and registered until 1907. As elements of the trade, such as the Victorian Clothing Operatives' Union and the Federated Straw Hatters' Association of Australia incorporated themselves into the union, members sought a change of name to the Federated Clothing & Allied Trades Union, which they achieved in 1922. By 1924 it had become the Amalgamated Clothing and Allied Trades Union and in 1947 the Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia. The union's first amalgamation occurred in 1992, when it merged with the Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers' Union of Australia to become the Textile Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia.

Related entries

Timeline

  Amalgamated Journeymen Tailors Association of New South Wales
 1870 - 1907 Tailors Trade Protection Society
 1880 - 1907 Tailoresses Association of Melbourne
 1890 - ? Cutters & Trimmers Union of New South Wales
 1895 - 1917 Pressers Union of New South Wales
       1907 - 1922 Federated Clothing Trades of the Commonwealth of Australia
             1922 - 1924 Federated Clothing & Allied Trades Union
                   1924 - 1947 Amalgamated Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia
                         1947 - 1992 Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia
                               1992 - Textile Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia - Records, 1908 - 1988, E108; E193; N15; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia - Records, 1870 - 1992, T26; E115; E138; N84; Z308; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia, Victorian Branch - Records, 1890 - 1960, 1981.0092; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia, Victorian Branch - Records, 1912 - 1980, 1986.0096; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

University of Wollongong Archives

• Clothing and Allied Trades' Union of Australia - New South Wales Branch Records, 1875 - 1975, D46; University of Wollongong Archives. Details

Published resources

Theses

• Ellem, Bradon, 'A History of the Clothing and Allied Trades Union', PhD thesis, Department of History and Politics, University of Wollongong, 1986. 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