Operative Painters And Decorators' Union Of Australia (OPDU), Victorian Branch

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Agent TypeOrganisationIdentifierUMA-AG-000001694Activities & OccupationsTrade UnionsHistoryThe Operative Painters and Decorators' Union originated as a craft union in the nineteenth century and has retained that tradition within the building industry at both state branch and federal level until large scale union amalgamation, initiated by the ACTU began to be considered in the late 1980s. The Union has now amalgamated to form the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union. In 1988 the Operative Painters and Decorators carried out a national survey to gauge members' attitudes to possible amalgamations with the Building Workers' Industrial Union and the Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees' Union. Overall, a narrow majority voted in favour of amalgamation with the Plumbers' Union, with Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia preferring the plumbers, and the other states and the ACT preferring the BWIU/FEDFA.

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Operative Painters And Decorators' Union Of Australia (OPDU), Victorian Branch