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Trade Union entry Tailoresses Association of Melbourne (1880 - 1907)

From
1880
Victoria
To
1907
Functions
Trade Union (State or Territory only)

Summary

The Tailoresses' Association of Melbourne was formed in 1880 and began meeting with the Tailors' Trade Protection Society in 1905. The Pressers' Union, which had formed in 1884, amalgamated with the Cutters' & Joiners' Union in 1902 to form the Victorian Clothing Operatives' Union.

In 1907, the Tailoresses' Association of Melbourne, the Tailors' Trade Protection Society, the Victorian Clothing Operatives' Union and other interstate clothing unions combined to form the Federated Clothing Trades Union of the Commonwealth of Australia. As elements of the trade incorporated into the union, it changed names to the Federated Clothing & Allied Trades Union in 1922, the Amalgamated Clothing & Allied Trades Union in 1924 and the Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia in 1947. In 1992 another change of name was effected, this time to the Textile, Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia.

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 1880 - 1907 Tailoresses Association of Melbourne
       1907 - 1922 Federated Clothing Trades of the Commonwealth of Australia
             1922 - 1924 Federated Clothing & Allied Trades Union
                   1924 - 1947 Amalgamated Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia
                         1947 - 1992 Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia
                               1992 - Textile Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia

Member(s)

Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Anon., 'Centenary of the Tailoresses' Association of Melbourne', Recorder, no. 120, 1983, pp. 9-10. Details
  • Brooks, Raymond, 'The Melbourne Tailoresses' Strike 1882-1883: An Assessment', Labour History, vol. 44, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1983, pp. 27-38. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 4 July 2001, Last modified: 12 December 2002