Victorian Employers Union - Employer Body entry - Australian Trade Union Archives (original) (raw)

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  Chart 5: State and Territory Employers' Federations and Chambers of Commerce and Manufactures
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From

1885
Victoria

To

1901

Functions

Employer (Peak Body)

Reference No

Unregistered

Summary

Established in 1885 as the Victorian Employers' Union, the Victorian Employers' Federation began operations in 1901, representing employers on issues of industrial and labour relations, government policy, management and business education. In 1991 it amalgamated with the State Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Victoria) to form the Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Archival resources

Flinders University, University Library

• National Institute of Labour Studies Collection - Minutes of the Victorian Employers' Federation, 1885 - 1945, http://www.lib.flinders.edu.au/resources/collection/special/nils/index.html; Flinders University, University Library. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Victorian Employers Federation - Records, 1886 - 1946, M65; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Chan, K., 'Origins of Compulsion in Australia: case of Victoria, 1888-1894', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 13, no. 2, 1971, pp. 155-163. Details
• Matthews, T.V., 'Business Associations and the State, 1850-1979', State and Economy in Australia, 1983, pp. 115-149. Details
• Parsons, T.G., 'Outline of Employer Organisation in the Victorian Manufacturing Industries 1879-1890', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 14, no. 1, 1972, pp. 23-38. Details
• Plowman, David, 'Role of Employer Associations', Austalian Labour Relations: Readings, vol. 4, 1987, pp. 229-248. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 5: State and Territory Employers' Federations and Chambers of Commerce and Manufactures', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/025.html. Details

See also

• Macarthy, P.G., 'Victorian Wages Boards: Their Origins and the Doctrine of the Living Wage', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 10, no. 2, 1968, pp. 116-134. Details

Digital resources

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Chart 5: State and Territory Employers' Federations and Chambers of Commerce and Manufactures

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Bruce A. Smith

Created: 20 April 2001, Last modified: 6 August 2010