Identity area
Type of entity
Trade union
Authorized form of name
Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia
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Other form(s) of name
- Federated Furnishing Trade Societies of Australasia
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Description area
Dates of existence
1909 - 1993
History
Known originally as the Federated Furnishing Trade Societies of Australasia from 1909, when it was formed, by 1914 the name had been changed slightly to the Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia. The Society's Federal Office was based in Melbourne with branches in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and the ACT. The union covered cabinet makers, French polishers, upholsterers, mattress makers, piano makers, carpet layers, furnishing drapery, wicker workers, and in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania wood machinists and workers in the flat glass trade as well as automotive glass, baby carriages, coffins, musical instrument makers and organ makers. Operating until 1993, the Society eventually amalgamated with the Federated Brick Tile & Pottery Industrial Union of Australia and the Operative Painters' & Decorators' Union of Australia into the Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union.
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Representation for members involved in: furniture manufacturing
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Prepared by Maggie Shapley on 7 June 2012
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Sources
Deposit descriptions and Australian Trade Union Archives website www.atua.org.au