Jump to content

Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
FrescoBot (talk | contribs)
Bots
1,135,457 edits
 
(29 intermediate revisions by 22 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
<!-- Please leave this line alone! -->
<!-- Please leave this line alone! -->
{{Infobox Union
{{Infobox union
|name= C.A.T.U.
|name = C.A.T.U.
|country= [[Australia]]
|location_country= [[Australia]]
|affiliation= [[ACTU]], [[Australian Labor Party|ALP]], [[International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation]], [[Textile Workers' Asian Regional Organisation]]
|affiliation = [[ACTU]], [[Australian Labor Party|ALP]], [[International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation]], [[Textile Workers' Asian Regional Organisation]]
|members= 40,529 (1971)<ref name=Huntley/>
|members = 40,529 (1971)<ref name=Huntley/>
|full_name= Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia
|full_name = Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia
|native_name=
|native_name =
|image=
|image =
|founded= 1907
|founded = 1907
|dissolved = 1992
|current=
⚫
|merged = [[Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia]]
|head=
⚫
|headquarters = Labor Council Bldg., Sussex Street, [[Sydney]], NSW
|dissolved_date= 1992
|key_people =
|dissolved_state= Merged into
⚫
|website =
⚫
|merged_into= [[Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia]]
⚫
|footnotes =
⚫
|office= Labor Council Bldg., Sussex Street, [[Sydney]], NSW
|people=
⚫
|website=
⚫
|footnotes=
}}
}}
<!-- Include all unused fields for future use. See [[template talk:Infobox Union]] for usage. -->


The '''Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia ''' (CATU) was an Australian trade union which existed between 1907 and 1992<ref name=Smith>Smith, Bruce A. created 20 April 2001, last modified 6 August 2010. Trade Union Entry: Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia. "http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0332b.htm". Australian Trade Union Archives. Retrieved 11 October 2011.</ref>.The CATU represented workers employed in the manufacture of clothing and manchester goods, including pressers, cutters and machinists<ref name=Huntley>Huntley, Pat and Huntley, Ian. (1985). "''Inside Australia's Top 100 Trade Union''". Northbridge:Ian Huntley Pty. Ltd. ISBN-0-9589527-01</ref>. Approximately 85 percent of the union's membership was female<ref name=Huntley/>.
The '''Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia ''' (CATU) was an Australian [[trade union]] which existed between 1907 and 1992.<ref name=Smith>Smith, Bruce A. created 20 April 2001, last modified 6 August 2010. Trade Union Entry: Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia. "http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0332b.htm". [[Australian Trade Union Archives]]. Retrieved 11 October 2011.</ref> The CATU represented workers employed in the manufacture of clothing and manchester goods, including pressers, cutters and machinists.<ref name=Huntley>Huntley, Pat and Huntley, Ian. (1985). "''Inside Australia's Top 100 Trade Union''". Northbridge:Ian Huntley Pty. Ltd. {{ISBN|0-9589527-01}}</ref> Approximately 85 percent of the union's membership was female.<ref name=Huntley/>


== Formation ==
== Formation ==


The CATU was originally formed in 1907 as the Federated Clothing Trades of the Commonwealth of Australia<ref name=Smith/>. The union was created through the merger of a large number of small state- and craft-based trade unions which had been active in Australia since the mid-ninteenth century, including the [[Cutters and Trimmers Union of New South Wales]] and the [[Tailors' Trade Protection Society]]<ref name=Smith/>. These unions primarily represented skilled, male craftsmen in what was already a largely female industry. This created an ongoing tension within the CATU between the need to represent the whole of the workforce within the industry, and the greater level of organisation and distinction within some male-dominated trade occupations<ref name=Ellem>Ellem, B. L. (1986). "A History of the Clothing and Alled Trades Union". Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Department of History, University of Wollongong. [http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/1421]. retrieved 11 October 2011.</ref>
The CATU was originally formed in 1907 as the '''Federated Clothing Trades of the Commonwealth of Australia'''.<ref name=Smith/> The union was created through the merger of a large number of small state- and craft-based trade unions which had been active in Australia since the mid-nineteenth century, including the [[Cutters and Trimmers Union of New South Wales]] and the [[Tailors' Trade Protection Society]].<ref name=Smith/> These unions primarily represented skilled, male craftsmen in what was already a largely female industry. This created an ongoing tension within the CATU between the need to represent the whole of the workforce within the industry, and the greater level of organisation and distinction within some male-dominated trade occupations.<ref name=Ellem>Ellem, B. L. (1986). "A History of the Clothing and Allied Trades Union". Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Department of History, University of Wollongong. [http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/1421]. retrieved 11 October 2011.</ref>

[[Anna Booth]] joined the union as a researcher in 1977 and in 1981 she played a role in establishing an afternoon break for Australian clothing workers. In 1987 she became the union's federal secretary. She was said to be Australia's youngest female federal secretary but she was not, as claimed, the first.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-27 |title=Anna Booth |url=https://www.vic.gov.au/anna-booth |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=www.vic.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> The [[Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation]] had female federal general secretarys including, for example, [[Barbara Carson]] in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melbourne |first=The University of |title=Carson, Barbara - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia |url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0261b.htm |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=www.womenaustralia.info |language=en-gb}}</ref> Booth left the union in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1995-02-14 |title=Anna Booth blow for unions |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/anna-booth-blow-for-unions-19950214-k69h6 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en}}</ref>


== Amalgamation ==
== Amalgamation ==


During the 1970's and 80's the removal of tariff protections for manufactured goods in Australia, automation of production processes, and an increase in the availability of cheap imports from Asia greatly reduced the size of the workforce in the Australian clothing industry<ref name=Huntley/>. This, combined with a policy of union rationalisation pursued by the [[ACTU]], put pressure on the CATU to effect a merger with other unions in the apparel industry<ref name=Huntley/>. In 1992 the union merged with the [[Amalgamated Footwear and Textile Workers' Union of Australia]] to form the [[Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia]]<ref name=Smith/>.
During the 1970s and 80s the removal of tariff protections for manufactured goods in Australia, automation of production processes, and an increase in the availability of cheap imports from Asia greatly reduced the size of the workforce in the Australian [[clothing industry]].<ref name=Huntley/> This, combined with a policy of union rationalisation pursued by the [[ACTU]], put pressure on the CATU to effect a merger with other unions in the apparel industry.<ref name=Huntley/> In 1992 the union merged with the [[Amalgamated Footwear and Textile Workers' Union of Australia]] to form the [[Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia]].<ref name=Smith/>


== Further Reading ==
== Further reading ==


*Ellem, Bradon (1989) [http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6380410 ''In women's hands?:a history of clothing trades unionism in Australia''] Kensington, NSW, Australia: New South Wales University Press.
*Ellem, Bradon (1989) [http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6380410 ''In women's hands?:a history of clothing trades unionism in Australia''] Kensington, NSW, Australia: New South Wales University Press.


{{Portal|Organized Labour}}
{{Portal|Organized Labour}}


== References ==
== References ==
Line 44: Line 43:


<!--- Categories --->
<!--- Categories --->
[[Category:Former Australian trade unions]]
[[Category:Defunct trade unions of Australia]]
[[Category:Textile and clothing trade unions]]
[[Category:Clothing industry trade unions]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1907]]
[[Category:Trade unions established in 1907]]
[[Category:Organizations disestablished in 1992]]
[[Category:Trade unions disestablished in 1992]]
[[Category:1907 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:1992 disestablishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Textile industry of Australia]]

Latest revision as of 11:13, 11 September 2024

C.A.T.U.
Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia
Merged intoTextile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia
Founded1907
Dissolved1992
HeadquartersLabor Council Bldg., Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW
Location
Members
40,529 (1971)[1]
AffiliationsACTU, ALP, International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation, Textile Workers' Asian Regional Organisation

The Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia (CATU) was an Australian trade union which existed between 1907 and 1992.[2] The CATU represented workers employed in the manufacture of clothing and manchester goods, including pressers, cutters and machinists.[1] Approximately 85 percent of the union's membership was female.[1]

Formation

[edit]

The CATU was originally formed in 1907 as the Federated Clothing Trades of the Commonwealth of Australia.[2] The union was created through the merger of a large number of small state- and craft-based trade unions which had been active in Australia since the mid-nineteenth century, including the Cutters and Trimmers Union of New South Wales and the Tailors' Trade Protection Society.[2] These unions primarily represented skilled, male craftsmen in what was already a largely female industry. This created an ongoing tension within the CATU between the need to represent the whole of the workforce within the industry, and the greater level of organisation and distinction within some male-dominated trade occupations.[3]

Anna Booth joined the union as a researcher in 1977 and in 1981 she played a role in establishing an afternoon break for Australian clothing workers. In 1987 she became the union's federal secretary. She was said to be Australia's youngest female federal secretary but she was not, as claimed, the first.[4] The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation had female federal general secretarys including, for example, Barbara Carson in 1985.[5] Booth left the union in 1995.[6]

Amalgamation

[edit]

During the 1970s and 80s the removal of tariff protections for manufactured goods in Australia, automation of production processes, and an increase in the availability of cheap imports from Asia greatly reduced the size of the workforce in the Australian clothing industry.[1] This, combined with a policy of union rationalisation pursued by the ACTU, put pressure on the CATU to effect a merger with other unions in the apparel industry.[1] In 1992 the union merged with the Amalgamated Footwear and Textile Workers' Union of Australia to form the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia.[2]

Further reading

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e Huntley, Pat and Huntley, Ian. (1985). "Inside Australia's Top 100 Trade Union". Northbridge:Ian Huntley Pty. Ltd. ISBN 0-9589527-01
  2. ^ a b c d Smith, Bruce A. created 20 April 2001, last modified 6 August 2010. Trade Union Entry: Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia. "http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0332b.htm". Australian Trade Union Archives. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  3. ^ Ellem, B. L. (1986). "A History of the Clothing and Allied Trades Union". Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Department of History, University of Wollongong. [1]. retrieved 11 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Anna Booth". www.vic.gov.au. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  5. ^ Melbourne, The University of. "Carson, Barbara - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Anna Booth blow for unions". Australian Financial Review. 14 February 1995. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
[edit]
  • tcfua.org.au The website of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia, the successor to the CATU.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clothing_and_Allied_Trades_Union_of_Australia&oldid=1245161529"