Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia

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Trade union

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Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia

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        Dates of existence

        1945 - 1991

        History

        The Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia formed from the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia in 1945 but was deregistered in 1948. An anti-communist faction of the union established a new Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1950 which eventually became part of the Australian Workers' Union. The Building Workers' Industrial Union formally reconstituted in 1962. Members of the Federated Bricklayers' Association of Australia (deregistered 1950) and the Slaters Tilers Shinglers and Roof Fixers Union of Australia (deregistered 1976) also joined. In 1991 the BWIU amalgamated with the timber unions to become the Australian Timber and Allied Industries Union and Building Workers' Industrial Union (ATAIU & BWIU) Amalgamated Union and to eventually be part of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union in 1993.

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        Functions, occupations and activities

        Representation for carpenters, bricklayers, slaters and tilers

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        Entered from deposit description 4 October 2012

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            Sources

            Australian Trade Union Archives website: www.atua.org.au

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