Amalgamated Society Of Carpenters And Joiners, Victorian Branch

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Agent TypeOrganisationIdentifierUMA-AG-000001440Activities & OccupationsTrade UnionsHistoryIn the 19th Century the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners was a branch of the English union of the same name. The ASC&J and the Society of Progressive Carpenters and Joiners merged during WW1. The union was deregistered in 1948-49 and re-registered as the Building Workers' Industrial Union in the 1950's. In the interim a rival anti-communist union, also using the name Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners was formed and became federally registered and strongest in Victoria and South Australia. The BWIU amalgamated with the Timber Unions to form the Construction, Forestry, Mining Employees Union in 1992 as its Building Workers Industrial Union Division. It went on to amalgamate into the Federation of Industrial, Manufacturing and Engineering Employees (FIMEE) in 1992, and then into the Australian Workers Union as its Building, Construction and Joinery Branch in circa 1996.

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Amalgamated Society Of Carpenters And Joiners, Victorian Branch