The Forest Products, Furnishing and Allied Industries Industrial Union of Workers was a trade union in Western Australia.
In 1907, the Amalgamated Timber Workers' Union of West Australia was formed as the first united timber industry union for the entire state of Western Australia. It succeeded the Amalgamated Sawmill Employees' Union of Workers, which had united the timber unions of the south-west in 1906.[1][2] It merged into the Australian Timber Workers' Union in 1918, becoming their No. 5 branch. In 1927, the branch broke away from the federal union as the West Australian Timber Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, resulting in litigation over the union's assets, eventually resolved in the state union's favour.[3][4]
The union was deregistered in October 1933 and three separate bodies attempted to apply for registration in its place, including a section of the Australian Workers' Union.[5] In December, the West Australian Sawmilling and Sleeper Cutters' Industrial Union of Workers was registered.[6] It was again renamed as the Western Australian Timber Industry Industrial Union of Workers in 1937.[7][8] The union adopted its final name much later.[9]
It merged into the Australian Workers' Union in 2012.[10]
A number of prominent political figures, including John Holman, May Holman and Peter O'Loghlen, held offices in the union during its heyday.[7]
References edit
- ^ "THE TIMBER INDUSTRY". The West Australian. Vol. XXII, no. 6, 282. Western Australia. 8 May 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 13 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE TIMBER INDUSTRY". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. 12, no. 3691. Western Australia. 26 July 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 13 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "INDUSTRIAL". The West Australian. Vol. XLIV, no. 8, 258. Western Australia. 5 December 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 13 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "UNIONS AT LAW". The West Australian. Vol. XLIV, no. 8, 092. Western Australia. 24 May 1928. p. 15. Retrieved 13 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "POLITICS AND ARBITRATION". The Daily News. Vol. LIII, no. 18, 319. Western Australia. 30 November 1933. p. 6 (LATE CITY). Retrieved 13 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TIMBER UNION REGISTERED". The Daily News. Vol. LIII, no. 18, 343. Western Australia. 29 December 1933. p. 2 (LATE CITY). Retrieved 13 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "PART 16". Western Mail. Vol. 54, no. 2, 774. Western Australia. 27 April 1939. p. 13. Retrieved 13 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES". The West Australian. Vol. 53, no. 15, 813. Western Australia. 2 March 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Brown, Kevin G. & Goldacre, Lisa (2007). "Changing Legislation and its Effect on Employment Terms & Conditions in the Western Australian Agricultural Industry" (PDF). The Agricultural Industry. 9.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Application for Amalgamation of Organisations - Section 72 of Industrial Relations Act". Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission. Retrieved 13 January 2017.