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 AustraliaAlso includes photos of K Cashman and Fred Rose.
Photos taken by Kevin Cashman. Includes photos of Federal Secretary W 'Bill' Peters, Victorian Branch Secretary Ollie McKelson, and Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commissioner John Lewis Gough.
Includes Labor Council Meeting minutes, the 1975 General Conditions of Contracts for the Office of the Purchasing Commission, Department of Services and Property.
Includes correspondence, notice to members, ballots, cancellation of insurance policies.
Includes correspondence, draft rules, minutes of meetings.
Includes correspondence.
Two cases are regarding wage rates, one public holidays (Queen’s Birthday), one payment on annual leave, respondency of a worker, and the name of a respondent to the Award.
Cases regarding equal wage rates for female employees, payment of journeymen’s rates and wage rates.
Also includes some correspondence regarding R.V. Kirsch and Latiners.
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).
Subjects include workplace disputes, election of union officials, financial compensation.
Arranged by date. Employers based in NSW. Also records apprentices' dates of birth.
Arranged by date. Employers based in NSW.
Date ranges 1932 - 1934 and 1972 - 1981. Includes a record of indenture for journeymen / women, 'items of interest’ and ‘issue of tickets’. Includes some correspondence (1942) and several membership tickets (1974-1980).
Arranged by date. Also records apprentices' dates of birth.
Also some miscellaneous correspondence (including from the Australian Textile Workers’ Union).
Lyrics by Denis Kevans, 1971.
Includes amendments for name and industry changes. Office copy stamped Jul 1967.
Including from manufacturers requesting release of raw material and considerations from the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
Includes correspondence, NSW Legislative Council Proceedings minutes, prices.
Includes tenders, Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rulings, correspondence with members of NSW Parliament regarding Mountcastle government contracts.
Correspondence with members of NSW Parliament regarding Mountcastle government contracts.
Includes correspondence, phone calls regarding disputes between the Union and R.V. Kirsch, trading as Latiners and Beret Manufacturers. Correspondants include the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Maurice Blackburn and co., Members of Parliament.
Includes correspondence, phone calls regarding disputes between the Union and R.V. Kirsch, trading as Latiners and Beret Manufacturers. Correspondants include the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Maurice Blackburn and co., Members of Parliament.
Includes correspondence regarding disputes between the Union and R.V. Kirsch, trading as Latiners and Beret Manufacturers. Correspondants include the Australian Council of Trade Unions and Leo McLeay, Member for Grayndler.
Includes correspondence, transcripts, Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rulings on disputes between the Union and R.V. Kirsch, trading as Latiners and Beret Manufacturers.
Correspondence, including on whimsies and work agreements, piece work rates.
Includes correspondence from Maurice Blackburn and co. regarding application to and rulings of Industrial Registrar on the Rules.
Six booklets: 1917, 1919, 1934, 1937, 1947, 1952.
Includes part of a transcript of a case regarding industry assistance containing testimony of Mike Reiner of M. Reiner and Co.
Includes correspondence from Maurice Blackburn and co.
Includes correspondence, application and full award ruling.
Cases include a Union application for a 1.5% increase in all margins, Commission variations to consolidate the Award, and the joint judgement of Mr Justice Gallagher, Mr Justice Sweeney and Mr Justice Nimmo on the National Wage Cases (Metal Trades).
R.V. Kirsch traded as Latiners and Beret Manufacturers.
R.V. Kirsch traded as Latiners and Beret Manufacturers. Includes statements, affidavits and rulings from the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.
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).
Two cases are regarding the Felt Hatting Award, one regarding a dispute between The Amalgamated Engineering Union and The Metal Trades Employees Association and others, and one regarding annual leave under the Metal Trades Award.
Material includes members' and manufacturers' addresses.
One case (1952) is regarding piece work rates, and the second (1953) is a partial transcript regarding a ban on overtime by pieceworkers.
Includes rulings on wages, piecework rates, payment for sick and annual leave, variations by consent.
Includes reports, judgements regarding the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1947, transcripts relating to variations of the Award and the proceedings of the Award, and papers relating to the 1951 variation of the Award (Jubilee holiday).
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).
Includes claims, insurance policies, notebooks, letters of returning officers, some minutes.
Subjects include union officer nominations, hat prices, contribution rates, hatting industry developments.
Subjects include workplace disputes and member clearances.
Includes letters from Victoria Branch Secretary Fred Rose and other union members. Matters covered include rules and variations of the Felt Hatters Award.