Australian Leather And Allied Trades Employees' Federation
Description
Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsTrade UnionsHistoryOriginally formed in 1908 as the Australian Saddlery Trades Employees' Federation. The Australian Leather and Allied Trades Employees' Federation amalgamated in 1945 was one of Victoria's traditional eight-hour craft unions. It suffered from changing markets and fashions as well as the introduction of mechanisation and synthetic materials. It was de-registered in 1972 and amalgamated with the Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union of Australia.
Australian Leather And Allied Trades Employees' Federation. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 16/04/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/58124
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