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17-611: It was originally established as the Australian District of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners , initially forming part of the English trade union, with a carpenters' union having been active as early as the 1840s. It was first federally registered under that name in 1911. In 1922, it was renamed the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia , when it absorbed many members from

34-621: A broader scale emerged again. The federal Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners sought to expand its coverage to workers across the entire building industry, and changed its name to the Building Workers' Industrial Union , with a number of state-level unions merging into the union. In the same year, the New South Wales branch affiliated with the Australian Labor Party for the first time, breaking from

51-544: A union under the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners name in 1952. The union was described by The Canberra Times in 1957 as "one of the most militant elements in the building trades' group of unions". In the late 1950s, the union supported exchanging preferences between the Labor Party and Communist Party, opposed nuclear weapons being based in Australia, and supported closer relations between Australia and

68-690: The Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers The union established a branch in New York City in 1867. In 1870, a second branch was opened in New York, plus new branches in St Louis and Chicago , followed in 1871 by branches in Cleveland and Fall River, Massachusetts . It recruited principally from recent immigrants from the UK, although by the end of the century, most of its members had been born in

85-566: The Soviet Union . The BWIU eventually won federal re-registration in September 1962. The industrial registrar noted that the union had kept their much of their membership and their identity throughout the long period of deregistration. The re-registration resulted in a renewed competition for membership with the rival Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, which had benefited from their lengthy federal deregistration. In later years,

102-596: The United States , Australia , and Canada . The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America took over its U.S. branches in 1913, and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners took over its Australian branches in 1917. By 1892, the union had 37,588 members, and by 1900 it had 65,000. It merged with or absorbed a number of smaller unions including the Carpenters of Dublin ,

119-827: The Carpenteres of Cork , the Mersey Ship Joiners and other small unions in Britain and Ireland in the 1890s. In 1911, it merged with the Associated Carpenters and Joiners of Scotland , while in 1918 the Amalgamated Union of Cabinetmakers joined the union, which renamed itself as the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners . In 1921, the union merged with the General Union of Carpenters and Joiners , forming

136-692: The Carpenters' and Joiners' historical non-affiliation. The union suffered a setback in 1944 when the amalgamation of the Queensland state Carpenters' and Joiners' with Painters' and Decorators' Union and the Queensland branch of the Builders Labourers Federation to form a Queensland state branch of the BWIU was blocked in court after a challenge from the Australian Workers' Union and other rival unions. A second attempt

153-646: The Construction Forestry & Mining Employees Union in 1992, which in turn became the Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union later that year. Notable people associated with the union included Alfred Bennett , Pat Clancy , Peter Cook , Roger Degen , Jack Ferguson , Edward Greaves , Kate Lundy , Fred Newton , David Parker and Merv Toms . Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners ( ASC&J )

170-668: The United States had 3,011 members. The United Brotherhood argued that the local branches of the ASC&;J should merge into the United Brotherhood. In 1903, a committee chaired by Adolph Strasser proposed the two unions merge on an equal basis; this was supported by the ASC&J, but rejected by the United Brotherhood. In 1912, the AFL ordered that the ASC&J accept the United Brotherhood's term; when it would not,

187-483: The United States. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was founded in 1881, and initially, the two unions co-operated. In 1890, the ASC&J was admitted to the American Federation of Labor (AFL). However, the United Brotherhood grew as it involved itself in industrial disputes, while the ASC&J focused on providing welfare benefits to members. By 1900, the ASC&J in

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204-478: The collapsing Australian Society of Progressive Carpenters and Joiners . Discussions about merging the various building industry unions had begun by the 1930s, and in 1934, the New South Wales state carpenters' and bricklayers' unions merged as the Building Workers' Industrial Union, with approaches also being made to the plasterers', painters' and labourers' unions. In 1943, the issue of amalgamation on

221-551: The federation suspended the British union. The following year, the ASC&J agreed that the United Brotherhood would have jurisdiction over its members in trade matters, while the ASC&J would retain its existence and provide welfare benefits to its members. This arrangement endured until 1923, when the United Brotherhood claimed that the ASC&J branches were seeking to regain their independence. The large majority of ASC&J members accepted offers to take up full membership of

238-616: The union clashed heavily with the Builders Labourers Federation , with the unions once described as "foremost enemies". In 1991, the union merged with the Australian Timber and Allied Industries Union , itself a recent amalgamation of the Australian Timber Workers Union and the Pulp and Paper Workers Federation of Australia , to form the "ATAIU & BWIU Amalgamated Union". That union then merged into

255-652: The union was deregistered by the Commonwealth Arbitration Court in retribution for the Victorian branch's decision to order strike action regarding a claim that had been rejected by the court. Several attempts at re-registration were refused by the Court over the next several years. A federal executive continued to operate despite the deregistration, and the various branches continued operating at state level. A conservative splinter group re-registered

272-638: Was a New Model Trade Union in the 1860s in the United Kingdom , representing carpenters and joiners . The formation of the Society was spurred by the Stonemason's strike, 1859 , which succeeded in winning a nine-hour day. In 1860, a number of small societies formed the Amalgamated. Robert Applegarth was the general secretary from 1862 to 1871. The union also established branches in

289-448: Was made later that year to merely rename the state Carpenters' and Joiners' Union as the BWIU, as had occurred federally, but was also blocked in court; the state union also lost on appeal the next year. The New South Wales branch was headed by Communist leadership through much of World War II , and faced an ongoing dispute over their coverage on the wharves with the newer and more conservative rival Ship Joiners' Society . In August 1948,

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