Australian Railways Union, Victorian Branch

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Agent TypeOrganisationIdentifierUMA-AG-000000310Activities & OccupationsTrade UnionsTrade UnionsHistoryVictorian rail unionism began with the labourers' Mutual Service Association of 1884. Others formed (of which the Locomotive Enginemen's retained separate identity until 1990s), but moves to form an 'all-grades' union culminated with the establishment of the Victorian Railways Union in 191l. Though attracted by the idea of One Big Union, VRU opted to become Victorian Branch of the Australian Railways Union in 1920. ARU in Victoria has long been militant, active in all major industrial campaigns of its existence. In 1993 it merged with the tram and bus union and became a division of the Public Transport Union.Search records of this agent

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Australian Railways Union, Victorian Branch