Printing Industry Employees Union Of Australia, Victorian Branch

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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsTrade UnionsHistoryThe Printing Industry Employees Union of Australia was federally registered in 1917 but the Victorian Branch did not finally come into existence until 1920 following the successive amalgamation of several Victorian printing unions with a long nineteenth century lineage: Melbourne Typographical Society/Union (1867-1916) then Victorian Typographical Society/ Union (1916-1921), the Bookbinders and Paper Rulers Union Victorian Branch (1857-1921), Cardboard Box and Carton Employees Union, Victorian Branch (1906- 1921), Women Bookbinders and Stationery Employees Union Victorian Branch (1907- 1921). In 1966 the PIEUA amalgamated with the Amalgamated Printing Trades Employees Union of Australia to form the Printing and Kindred Industries Union of Australia. In 1994 the PKIU amalgamated with the Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering Union to form the Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union. From 1995 it has been known as the Printing Division of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union.

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Printing Industry Employees Union Of Australia, Victorian Branch