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Trade Union entry Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (i) (1911 - 1975)

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1911
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1975
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Trade Union (Federal)
Reference No
054V

Summary

The Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia was formed in Sydney on 25 September 1908 by delegates from New South Wales and Victoria. By 1909 it had branches in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland. The Federation was registered in the Commonwealth Court on 20 May 1911. In October and November 1942 the Federation met with the Arms Explosives & Munition Workers' Federation regarding amalgamation and a National Executive Council was set up in 1943 representing the Federal Committees of Management of both Unions. The name of the organisation was to be the Metal & Munition Workers' Union but it was never registered as such.

In 1975 the FIA amalgamated again with the Federated Artificial Fertiliser & Chemical Workers' Union of Australia. Although reregistering, the Union remained known as the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia. A further amalgamation with the Australasian Society of Engineers in 1991 created the Federation of Industrial Manufacturing & Engineering Employees. A year later the Australian Glass Workers' Union joined. By 1993, the Federation of Industrial Manufacturing & Engineering Employees merged with the powerful Australian Workers' Union to form the AWU-FIME Amalgamated Union.

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 1911 - 1975 Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (i)
       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

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

  • Federated Ironworkers of Australia, Newcastle - Correspondence and Bank Statements, 1960 - 1963, A5137-A5141; Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle. Details
  • Jane Morgan Honours Thesis, 1981, B10368; Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle. Details

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

  • M A D Howarth Union Ticket Book 1941-1942, 1941 - 1942, OM90-72; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Anthony Macinante autobiography, 1915-1989, compiled 1988-1989, 1915 - 1989, ML MSS 5288 Add-on 1969; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Frederick Hancock - Papers, 1899-1962, 1899 - 1962, MLMSS 772; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia. N.S.W. Division - Records, 1937-1954, 1937 - 1954, MS 3013; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
  • Gough Whitlam - Address, 1931-1967 May 22, 1931 - 22 May 1967, MS 1959; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
  • Tom Brislan - A maverick among Marxists, 1973, 1910 - 1973, MFM G 23067; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

  • Bob Davies interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1994, ORAL TRC 3128/5; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
  • Darcy Ahearn interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1986, ORAL TRC 1948/1; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
  • Interview with Judge Frank McGrath - interviewer, Amy McGrath, 1983, ORAL TRC 1390; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
  • Jack Cambourn interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1988, ORAL TRC 1948/31; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
  • Jack McPhillips interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1985, ORAL TRC 1948/4; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
  • John Ducker interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1988, ORAL TRC 1948/36; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
  • Laurie Short interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1988, ORAL TRC 1948/30; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
  • Nick Origlass interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1988, ORAL TRC 1948/42; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
  • Ted Heagney interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1986, ORAL TRC 1948/12; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
  • Terry Muscat interviewed by Barry York for the Maltese Australian folklife and social history project, 1998, ORAL TRC 3772; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • Frank Russell - Receipt book for membership fees and membership card, 1938-1943, 1938 - 1943, MS 11529; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
  • Rupert Perrett - Scrapbooks, 1915-1970, c. 1915 - c. 1970, MS 9908; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

University of Wollongong Archives

  • Andrew Barron - Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, Port Kembla, 1941 - 1945, D89; University of Wollongong Archives. Details
  • Bill Frame and Ted Arrowsmith - 1945 Steel Strike, 1945 - 1950, B17; University of Wollongong Archives. Details
  • Federated Ironworkers Association - Wollongong / Port Kembla / South Coast Branch Records, 1936 - 1973, D196; University of Wollongong Archives. Details
  • Federated Ironworkers' Association (FIA) 1926-72 - Records, 1926 - 1972, C36; University of Wollongong Archives. Details
  • Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia - 'Ironworker', 1939 - 1941, A24; University of Wollongong Archives. Details
  • Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia - Rules, 1928 - 1939, A127-A128; University of Wollongong Archives. Details
  • Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, Newcastle - Award, 1939, A131; University of Wollongong Archives. Details
  • Robert Gibson Heggen - Unionism at Metal Manufacturers Ltd, 1916 - 1976, B8; University of Wollongong Archives. Details
  • 'Stronger trade unions: opponents answered' by E. Thornton, 1943, A662; University of Wollongong Archives. Details
  • 'Trade unions and the war' by E. Thornton, 1942, A742; University of Wollongong Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Hughes, Helen, The Australian Iron and Steel Industry, 1848-1962, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1964, 213 pp. Details
  • Murray, Robert and White, Kate, The Ironworkers: A History of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1982, 341 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Gollan, Daphne, 'Duly and Hansford Strike, 1943: Find the Strikers', in Bevege, Margaret, James, Margaret and Shute, Carmel (eds), Worth her Salt: Women at Work in Australia, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1982, pp. 309-318. Details
  • Prior, Thelma, 'My Forty-Five Years in Industry', in Bevege, Margaret, James, Margaret and Shute, Carmel (eds), Worth her Salt: Women at Work in Australia, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1982, pp. 123-133. Details

Edited Books

  • Murphy, D.J. (ed.), The Big Strikes, Queensland 1889-1965, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, Queensland, 1983, 303 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Cragg, D., 'The Ironworkers' Union: From purely militant to militantly moderate', Quadrant, vol. 27, April, 1983, pp. 85-87. Details
  • Eather, Warwick, ''Protect the Newcastle Steelworks': BHP, the Trade Unions and National Security, 1939-1940', Labour History, vol. 57, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1989, pp. 78-88. Details
  • Eather, Warwick, 'BHP, the Intransigent Rank and File and the 1943 Lockout at the Newcastle Steelworks', Labour History, vol. 59, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1990, pp. 28-44. Details
  • Merritt, J.A., 'The Federated Ironworkers' Association in the Depression', Labour History, vol. 21, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1971, pp. 48-61. Details
  • 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
  • Sheridan, Tom, 'The 1945 Steel Strike: Trade Unions, The New Order and Mr Chifley', Labour History, vol. 42, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1982, pp. 1-26. Details

Theses

  • Merritt, John, 'A History of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, 1909-1952', PhD thesis, Australian National University, 1968. Details

Online Resources

See also

  • Robertson, Mavis, 'Sally Bowen: Political and Social Experiences of a Working Class Women', in Windschuttle, Elizabeth (ed.), Women, Class and History : Feminist Perspectives on Australia, 1788-1978, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1980, pp. 405-422. Details

Digital resources

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Chart 22: Trade Unions - Rural Industries. Infrastructure and Manufacturing - Metals and General
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Bruce A. Smith

Created: 20 April 2001, Last modified: 6 August 2010