Employer Body entry Queensland Employers Federation (1890 - 1976)

Summary

By the 1880s, nationally coordinated, organised labour unions became a major influence in Australia, and Queensland employers recognised a need to counterbalance the power and influence of these trade unions by forming the Queensland Employers´ Federation [QEF] in 1886.

The QEF continued to represent its constituency until the mid 1970s, when the end of the long post-war boom and the confluence of a number of other national and international economic influences led the Queensland Chamber of Manufactures, the Queensland Employers´ Federation, the North Queensland and Central Queensland Employers´ Associations and the Mackay Employers´ Federation to merge in 1976 to form the Queensland Confederation of Industry [QCI].

QCI merged with the State Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Queensland) and the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce in 1994 to form the Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ltd [QCCI]. In April 2001, QCCI re-launched itself as Commerce Queensland.

Related entries

Timeline

 1890 - 1976 Queensland Employers Federation
       1976 - 1994 Queensland Confederation of Industry
             1994 - Queensland Chamber of Commerce & Industry Ltd

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Blackmur, Douglas, 'Arbitration, Legislation and Industrial Peace: Queensland in the Reconstruction Years', Labour History, vol. 63, 1992, pp. 115-134. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 5: State and Territory Employers' Federations and Chambers of Commerce and Manufactures', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/025.html. Details