Trade Union entry Federated Felt Hatting & Allied Trade Employees Union of Australia (1950 - 1984)

Summary

Registered in 1912, the Federated Felt Hatting Employees' Union of Australasia and its predecessors flourished from the nineteenth century up until midway through the twentieth century in what was a protected domestic industry. Reregistering as the Federated Felt Hatting & Allied Trade Employees' Union of Australia in 1950 the industry, and consequently, the union began to wain before the multiple onslaught of mechanisation, imports and fashion. In 1984 it amalgamated with the Australian Textile Workers' Union and in 1987 became the Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers' Union of Australia after another amalgamation, this time with the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation. By 1992 this union had merged with the Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia to form 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
             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

• Federated Felt Hatting & Allied Trade Employees Union of Australia - Records, 1903 - 1970, E127; Z504; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Federated Felt Hatting & Allied Trade Employees Union of Australia - Records, 1885 - 1955, E87; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Federated Felt Hatters and Allied Trades Union, NSW Branch - Records, 1912 - 1981, 1982.0109; The University of Melbourne Archives. 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