Trade Union entry Victorian Plaster Industry Workers Union (1973 - 1988)

Summary

The origins of the Victorian Plaster Industry Workers' Union began as a small union of skilled tradesmen, and apprenticeship tradesmen. It was established in 1908, and called variously the Fibrous Plasterers' Association, the Victorian Fibrous Plasterers' Union, and, since 1938, the Victorian Fibrous Plasterers' and Plaster Workers' Union. In 1973 the union changed names to the Victorian Plaster Industry Workers' Union and in 1988 it merged with the Victorian Operative Bricklayers' Society and the Victorian Plasterers' Society to form the Victorian State Building Trades Union. It remained the Victorian State Building Trades Union despite a 1991 amalgamation with the Slaters Tilers and Roofing Industry Union of Victoria.

Related entries

Timeline

 c. 1908 - 1936 Fibrous Plasterers Association of Victoria
       1936 - 1938 Victorian Fibrous Plasterers Union
             1938 - 1973 Victorian Fibrous Plasterers & Plaster Workers Union
                   1973 - 1988 Victorian Plaster Industry Workers Union
                         1988 - 1991 Victorian State Building Trades Union (i)
                               1991 - Victorian State Building Trades Union (ii)

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