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AU NBAC N372 · Deposit · 1911 - 1990

Rules of the Federated Felt Hatting Employees' of Australasia (1912-1952), correspondence of the general secretary W. Peters and K. Cashman (1962 - 1983), General Secretary's working papers (1948 - 1991), some membership records for the New South Wales, Victorian, and South Australian branches (1936 - 1984), industrial files (1914 - 1984), apprenticeship records (1911 - 1984), financial records (1944 - 1984), photographs of union marches, union members and hat making (no dates), newspaper cuttings, hat advertisements and May Day ribbons (1950s - 1990s), Akubra News (1981 - 1984) and miscellaneous booklets (1887, 1947, 1955) including the Revised General Laws of the Journeyman Silk Hatters' Society of New South Wales (1887).

Federated Felt Hatting and Allied Trade Employees' Union of Australia

Includes Union v. Ace Hats Ltd & others regarding piecework rates, payment for public holidays and sick-leave for journeymen (1947), Union v. Ace Hats & others regarding Annual Leave (1946), amendments to the rules of the Union (1945), application to vary piecework rates (1942), The Union v. United Felt Hats Pty Ltd regarding the definition of felt hatting (1939). Also includes minutes of conference between the Amalgamated Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia and the Federated Felt Hatting Employees’ Union Of Australasia (1944).

Cases include The Union v. J.P. Adamson Pty Ltd regarding rates of pay, apprentices, hours of work, overtime, annual leave and sick leave; The Union v. Ace Hats and others regarding Margins and Annual Leave under the Felt Hatting Award (1963) and in the Matter of Variation to the Textile Industry Award regarding Annual Leave (1963).

Rulings include 1914, 1950-1977 (with gaps), 1981. Rulings on variations of wage rates including for journeymen, Equal Pay for Females (1970), public holidays, sick and annual leave, Felt Hatting Award 1948 and 1950 and others. Also includes rulings on Union v J.P. Adamson (1963), Union v Union Hatting Mills and others (1960), Union v Denton Hat Mills (1914).