Federated Shipwrights' and Ship Constructors' Association of Australia

Shipwrights' Union

Full name	Federated Shipwrights' and Ship Constructors' Association of Australia
Founded	1916
Date dissolved	1976
merged into	Amalgamated Metal Workers & Shipwrights Union
Country	Australia

The Federated Shipwrights' and Ship Constructors' Association of Australia was an Australian trade union which existed between 1916 and 1976. It represented shipwrights in the shipbuilding and ship repair industries.

History

This small, skilled union whose members specialised in ship construction and ship repair, was first registered federally in January 1916 as the Federated Shipwrights of Australia. Just a few months later, in September 1916, it changed to the Federated Shipwrights' Ship Constructors' & Boat Builders' Association of Australia. By the end of 1917, in what was a tumultuous period, the union had changed again, this time to the Federated Shipwrights Ship Constructors Naval Architects Ships Draughtsmen and Boat Builders of Australia. This union operated until 1933 when it succumbed to a further name change: the Federated Shipwrights’ & Ship Constructors’ Association of Australia. Operating until 1976 the Federated Shipwrights’ & Ship Constructors’ Association amalgamated with the Amalgamated Metal Workers’ Union to form the Amalgamated Metal Workers’ & Shipwrights’ Union.^[1]

References

1. Bruce A. Smith. "Australian Trade Union Archives". Trade Union Entry:Federated Shipwrights & Ship Constructors Association of Australia (1933 - 1976). Australian Trade Union Archives. Retrieved 24 December 2014.