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Trade Union entry United Furniture Trade Society (1884 - 1909)

From
1884
Victoria
To
1909
Functions
Trade Union (State or Territory only)

Summary

On 14 January 1884 the Victorian based United Furniture Trade Society and the United Furnishing Eight Hours League amalgamated to form the United Furniture Trade Society.

In 1909 New South Wales, Victorian, South Australian and Queensland furnishing unions amalgamated to form the Federated Furnishing Trade Societies of Australasia. In September of that year it was registered under the Commonwealth Conciliation & Arbitration Act. In 1914 the title was changed slightly to the Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australia. Operating as such until 1993, the Society amalgamated with the Federated Brick Tile & Pottery Industrial Union of Australia, the Operative Painters' & Decorators' Union of Australia into the Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union.

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Timeline

 1884 - 1909 United Furniture Trade Society
       1909 - 1914 Federated Furnishing Trade Societies of Australasia
             1914 - 1993 Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia
                   1993 - Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union (ii)

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

  • Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia - Records, 1882 - 1987, T58; E240; Z339; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Jensen, H.I., 'The Darwin Rebellion', Labour History, vol. 11, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1966, pp. 3-13. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 14 January 2002, Last modified: 12 December 2002