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Australian trade union From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Wool and Basil Workers' Federation of Australia was an Australian trade union which existed between 1890 and 1976.[1] It represented workers employed in scouring and carbonising wool, fellmongery, and the processing of sheep hides into basil (tanned sheepskin).
Merged into | Australian Workers' Union |
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Founded | 1890 |
Dissolved | 1976 |
Headquarters | 73 Belmont Road, Tingalpa, QLD |
Location |
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Members | 1250 (1971)[1] |
Affiliations | A.C.T.U., A.L.P. |
The union was first established in 1890, before achieving federal registration in 1912, as the Amalgamated Fellmongers, Woolsorters and Woolscourers' Union of Australia.[1][2] In 1918, the union changed its name to its final form.[2]
John Dacey, a Sydney coachmaker and Member for Botany, where the fellmongering industry was concentrated, helped to organise the Wool and Basil Workers' Union in Sydney.[3] The South Australian trade union leader and later politician Theo Nicholls served as part-time secretary of the union in South Australia, and was active in its organisation.[4]
The Wool and Basil Workers Union was involved in a demarcation dispute with the Australian Textile Workers' Union in 1913 over work done at Botany woollen mills.[5] The dispute was settled following arbitration by the Labour Council.[6]
The Wool and Basil Workers' Union merged with the Australian Workers' Union in 1976.[2]
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