Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsTrade union peak bodiesHistoryThe Food Trades Federation was established in 1925, following the collapse of an earlier committee, the Food Producing and Distributing Council. The Federation, comprising unions engaged in the manufacture, storage and distribution of foodstuffs, sought to co- ordinate union industrial campaigns relating to wages and job conditions.
Food Trades Federation. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 22/07/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/61114
