Operative Painters And Decorators' Union Of Australia (OPDU), New South Wales Branch

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Agent TypeOrganisationIdentifierUMA-AG-000001692Activities & OccupationsTrade UnionsHistoryThe United Painters Society formed (or re-formed) in 1873-4 and affiliated to the Sydney Trades and Labor Council in 1874. It was a Sydney based union until after 1909 when a West Maitland branch was formed and followed by Goulburn, Broken Hill and Newcastle Sub-branches. It had many changes of name before becoming the NSW Branch of the Operative Painters and Decorators Union of Australasia in 1910. A split in the union between 1912 and 1919 resulted in two separate unions, the OPDU, NSW Branch and the Federated House and Ship Painters', Paper-hangers and Decorators' Employees Association of Aust'asia. The union was active in the Sydney Labor Council and the Building Trades Federation.

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Operative Painters And Decorators' Union Of Australia (OPDU), New South Wales Branch