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The '''Federated Clerks Union of Australia''' (FCU) was an [[Australia]]n trade union representing clerical workers, in existence from 1911 to 1993.<ref name="atua">{{cite web | url=https://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0441b.htm | title=Federated Clerks Union of Australia (ii) (1924 - 1993) | publisher=Australian Trade Union Archives | accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref> |
The '''Federated Clerks Union of Australia''' (FCU) was an [[Australia]]n trade union representing clerical workers, in existence from 1911 to 1993.<ref name="atua">{{cite web | url=https://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0441b.htm | title=Federated Clerks Union of Australia (ii) (1924 - 1993) | publisher=Australian Trade Union Archives | accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref> |
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Between 1900 and 1907, attempts were made to organise clerks in different parts of Australia. In Victoria the '''Union of Clerks''' was founded in 1901, and in South Australian an '''Associate of Clerks''' and in New South Wales a '''Clerks' Union''' were formed in 1905.<ref>http://www.together.org.au/about/our-history/</ref> |
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The FCU was formed in [[Melbourne]] in 1911, and was registered with the Commonwealth Arbitration Court the same year. It grew to include branches in all states by 1920, consolidating several pre-existing state unions, and held its first federal conference in 1916. It briefly renamed itself the '''Australian Clerical Association''' in 1917, but reverted to its former name in 1924.<ref name="atua" /><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19130621&id=yQYQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0ZIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5590,7402862&hl=en | title=Federated Clerks' Union | work=The Age | date=21 June 1913 | accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/archivaldocs/srg/SRG470_FederatedClerksUnion_boxlist.pdf | title=Federated Clerks' Union of Australia | publisher=State Library of South Australia | accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.together.org.au/asu-branch/about-us/ | title=History of the ASU | publisher=Together Queensland | accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref> |
The FCU was formed in [[Melbourne]] in 1911, and was registered with the Commonwealth Arbitration Court the same year. It grew to include branches in all states by 1920, consolidating several pre-existing state unions, and held its first federal conference in 1916. It briefly renamed itself the '''Australian Clerical Association''' in 1917, but reverted to its former name in 1924.<ref name="atua" /><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19130621&id=yQYQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0ZIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5590,7402862&hl=en | title=Federated Clerks' Union | work=The Age | date=21 June 1913 | accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/archivaldocs/srg/SRG470_FederatedClerksUnion_boxlist.pdf | title=Federated Clerks' Union of Australia | publisher=State Library of South Australia | accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.together.org.au/asu-branch/about-us/ | title=History of the ASU | publisher=Together Queensland | accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:51, 11 October 2016
The Federated Clerks Union of Australia (FCU) was an Australian trade union representing clerical workers, in existence from 1911 to 1993.[1]
Between 1900 and 1907, attempts were made to organise clerks in different parts of Australia. In Victoria the Union of Clerks was founded in 1901, and in South Australian an Associate of Clerks and in New South Wales a Clerks' Union were formed in 1905.[2]
The FCU was formed in Melbourne in 1911, and was registered with the Commonwealth Arbitration Court the same year. It grew to include branches in all states by 1920, consolidating several pre-existing state unions, and held its first federal conference in 1916. It briefly renamed itself the Australian Clerical Association in 1917, but reverted to its former name in 1924.[1][3][4][5]
The union drastically shifted ideological direction throughout its history. In the 1940s, it had a significant communist presence, with high-profile figures like Jack Hughes holding key union offices. In the early 1950s, it was successfully targeted and taken over by the conservative Industrial Groups, which subsequently played a role in the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. It was a key right-wing union for decades afterwards, but was taken over by moderate left-wing members in the 1980s in a push associated with Lindsay Tanner.[6][7]
In 1993, it amalgamated with the Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees Union (MEU) and the Australian Municipal, Transport, Energy, Water, Ports, Community & Information Services Union to form the Australian Services Union.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Federated Clerks Union of Australia (ii) (1924 - 1993)". Australian Trade Union Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ http://www.together.org.au/about/our-history/
- ^ "Federated Clerks' Union". The Age. 21 June 1913. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Federated Clerks' Union of Australia" (PDF). State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "History of the ASU". Together Queensland. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ Ellem, Bradon (August 1997). "Ideology and Union Purpose: The Federated Clerks' Union in New South Wales, 1946-58". Australian Journal of Politics & History. 43 (3): 344–360.
- ^ Robinson, Geoffrey (May 2014). "From Socialism to Communitarianism: Lindsay Tanner and the Crisis of the Australian Left After Globalisation" (PDF). Citizenship and Globalisation Research Paper Series. 5 (2): 7.