Australian Timber Workers' Union, No. 2 Victorian Branch
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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsTrade UnionsHistoryThe A.T.W.U. first obtained Federal registration in July 1918 and its Victorian counterpart was established in the same year. Saw Mill and Timber Yard employees, since the turn of the century have been covered by the Federated Saw Mill and Timber Yard Employees Federation. The new union extended coverage to workers in box and case factories, saw makers' shops, joiners workshops, carpenters, implement workers and wood working machinists. In 1940 the union filed an application and succeeded in extending its coverage to most workers employed in the timber and wood industry including cabinet makers and furniture factories. It amalgamated with the BWIU and eventually became part of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union in 1993.
Australian Timber Workers' Union, No. 2 Victorian Branch. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 14/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/58255
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