Trade Union entry Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (ii) (1975 - 1991)

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.

Related entries

Timeline

 1911 - 1975 Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (i)
 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

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

• Jane Morgan Honours Thesis, 1981, B10368; Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle. 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
• 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

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia - Records, 1910 - 1991, Z480; E102 (pt); E170 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia - Records, 1910 - 1991, E175 (pt); E218 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• 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

Published resources

Books

• Murray, Robert and White, Kate, The Ironworkers: A History of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1982, 341 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Cragg, D., 'The Ironworkers' Union: From purely militant to militantly moderate', Quadrant, vol. 27, April, 1983, pp. 85-87. 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