Clothing And Allied Trades Union Of Australia, Victorian Branch

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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsTrade UnionsHistoryA Tailors' Society was formed in Melb. in 1866 but eventually collapsed in 1869 due to financial difficulties. It was refounded in 1870 as the Tailors' Trade Protection Society and began meeting with the Tailoresses' Society (1883) in 1905. The Pressers' Union (1884) in 1902, amalgamated with the Cutters' and Joiners' Union to form the Victorian Clothing Operatives' Union. In 1907, these groups combined to form the Victorian branch of the Federated Clothing Trades Union of Aust. As elements of the trade incorporated into the union, it changed names; to Fed. Clothing and Allied Trades Union (1922), Amalg. Clothing and Allied Trades Union (1924) and Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Aust (1947).

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Clothing And Allied Trades Union Of Australia, Victorian Branch