Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union, Victorian Branch

Description

Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsTrade UnionsHistoryThe AMIEU formed in 1890 from amongst organisations covering slaughtermen, retail butchers, and sausage casing workers. In 1905 it became part of a federal network, which registered with the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission in 1906. Until 1957, the Victorian Branch was responsible for both Victorian and Tasmanian employees. Women came to form a large part of the boning and packing sections of the industry, and the Union became one of the spearheads of the equal pay campaign.

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Group of eleven women on steps of Trades Hall, Melbourne carrying placards for equal pay as part of the1969 Equal Pay Case campaign

Women carrying placards for equal pay outside Trades Hall during the 1969 Equal Pay Case campaign

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[1985.0081] Records of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union, Victorian Branch

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Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union, Victorian Branch