Trade Union entry Federated Saw Mill Timber Yard & General Wood Workers Employees Association of Australasia (1907 - 1913)

Summary

Saw mill and timber yard employees had, since the turn of the last century, been covered by the Federated Saw Mill and Timber Yard Employees' Federation. However it was the Federated Saw Mill Timber Yard & General Wood Workers Employees' Association, Victorian Branch that first gained federal registration in 1905. This was followed a year later by the Adelaide Branch. The federal division successfully sought registration in 1907. In 1913 this federal division changed its name to the Amalgamated Timber Workers' Union of Australia. Although this union was deregistered in 1918 its members quickly formed a new union: the Australian Timber Workers' Union. This new union extended coverage to workers in box and case factories, saw makers' shops, joiners' workshops, carpenters, implement workers and wood working machinists. In 1940 the union filed an application and succeeded in extending its coverage to most workers employed in the timber and wood industry including cabinet makers and furniture factories. In 1991 it amalgamated with the Pulp & Paper Workers' Federation of Australia to form the Australian Timber & Allied Industries Union. Later in the year another amalgamation with the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia created the ATAIU & BWIU Amalgamated Union. Further amalgamations eventually saw this union become part of the Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union in 1993.

Related entries

Timeline

 1907 - 1913 Federated Saw Mill Timber Yard & General Wood Workers Employees Association of Australasia
       1913 - 1918 Amalgamated Timber Workers Union of Australia

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Australian Timber Workers' Union, No. 2 Victorian Branch - Records, 1905 - 1983, 1984.0060; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Chart 7: Trade Unions - Building, Construction, Mining and Timber Industries', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/028.html. Details