Call Number |
MN 775 |
Physical description |
15.19 m. |
Access advisory |
Available for reference; not for loan. |
Cite As |
Battye Library, MN 775, Transport industry union records, ACC 2885A, ACC 2888A, ACC 6526A, ACC 7525A, ACC 7527A, ACC 7542A, 7620A |
Finding Aids |
Detailed listing available (MN 775) |
Biography/history |
The history of unions in the Western Australian public transport sector began in 1901 with the inauguration of the Perth Electric Tramways Industrial Union of Workers. The following year the Locomotive Engine Drivers’, Firemen’s And Cleaners’ Union of Western Australia (WALEDF & CU) was registered as a union in the Western Australian Arbitration Court on 21 February. It was in 1993 that three railway unions (the Australian Railway Union (ARU), the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen (AFULE) and the National Union of Railworkers WA Branch (NURWA) and one bus and tram union, the Australian Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees Association (ATMOE) all amalgamated to become the Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union (RTBU). The new organization was commonly known by its trading name the Public Transport Union (PTU) but the name was changed to the RTBU in 1998 due to the impact of privatisation. The WALEDF & CU remained an independent craft union for footplate men until 1999, when it became part of the RTBU.. |
Summary |
Includes: Arbitration papers, Cash books, Conference papers, Constitutions, Correspondence, Files, Financial records, Membership lists, Minute books, Minutes, etc. Also includes Minutes of the Perth Electric Tramways Employees' Union (1925-1939); the Western Australian Government Tramways Employees' Union (1939-1946); the Western Australian Government Tramways, Motor Omnibuses and River Ferries Employees' Union of Workers, Perth (1946-1963); and the Fremantle Tramway Employees Industrial Union of Workers (1947-1952), which later became the Fremantle Branch of the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association. |
Subjects |
Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association. Perth Branch -- Archives.
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Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association. Fremantle Branch -- Archives.
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Transport workers -- Labor unions -- Western Australia -- Perth -- Archives.
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Transport workers -- Labor unions -- Western Australia -- Fremantle -- Archives.
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Related names |
Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association. Perth Branch.
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Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association. Fremantle Branch.
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