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Industrial organisation

Type - Industrial organisation
Alderson and Son
Allied Works Council
Ashwin & Falconer
Australian Chamber of Manufactures
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Australian Wood Pipe Company
Australian Writers and Artists Union
Balmain Electric Light Company
Builders Labourers Federation
Building Workers Industrial Union
Bunce's Tannery
Challenge Woollen Mills
Chinese Seamen's Union
Continental Grain Ltd
Early Closing Association
Electrical Trades Union
Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association
Foti International Fireworks
General Motors Holden
Howard & Sons Pyrotechnics
J & A Brown
J Bayley and Sons
JC Ludowici & Son
LJ Anschau & Sons Tannery
Labor Council of New South Wales
Lyon Cottier & Company
Mangrovite Belting Ltd
Maritime Union of Australia
Master Tanners and Curriers Association of New South Wales
Meggitt's Linseed Oil Factory
New South Wales Plumbers Union
New South Wales Teachers Federation
PN Russell & Co
Parramatta Gas Company
Phoenix Pottery Company
Public Service Association of NSW
Seamen's Union of Australia
Shop Assistants' Union
Showmen's Guild of Australasia
Swinbourne & Stephen
Syd Howard Fireworks
Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union
Sydney Pottery Company
Sydney Wharf Labourers' Union
Waterside Workers Federation
West Coast Kalsomine Co
Women's Committee of the Sydney Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation

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Industrial organisation

Alderson and Son

Tannery at Bourke Street Redfern which employed over 300 men.

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Allied Works Council

Organisation set up to oversee and organise military construction works in Australia during World War II.

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Ashwin & Falconer

Stained glass manufacturing company formed by Frederick Ashwin and John Falconer in 1877 that worked on many of Sydney's most significant buildings. Initially called Falconer & Ashwin, the names were reversed later.

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Australian Chamber of Manufactures

Australian manufacturers industry group which grew from individual state organisations.

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Australian Council of Trade Unions

Organisation of trade unions formed in 1927 in Melbourne to improve workers' rights and conditions on a national basis.

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Australian Wood Pipe Company

Manufacturing company established at Lane Cove in 1914 to provide wooden pipes for irrigation, domestic and industrial water supply systems.

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Australian Writers and Artists Union

Trade union established in 1910.

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Balmain Electric Light Company

Company which established Balmain Power Station to provide electricity to customers in Sydney's inner west.

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Builders Labourers Federation

Union formed to improve safety, working conditions and wages for the least skilled building workers. During the 1970s the BLF placed 'Green Bans' on socially undesirable demolition or development, and without builders' labourers the work could not proceed.

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Building Workers Industrial Union

Union that grew out of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, and aimed to improve conditions and wages for skilled building workers.

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Bunce's Tannery

Tannery established in 1887 in Botany by John Bunce.

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Challenge Woollen Mills

Mill which produced carded wool, blankets and flannel for many decades on the banks of the Georges River.

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Chinese Seamen's Union

Trade union representing seamen of Chinese nationality with branches in the major ports at which Chinese ships called.

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Continental Grain Ltd

Global grain processing company established in Belgium in 1813.

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Early Closing Association

Association first established in Brisbane by a group of draper's assistants to discuss the hours worked by shop assistants. The New South Wales branch was active in 1898 and 1899 in proposing a draft Early Closing Act to limit hours to four days closing at 6pm, one day at 10pm and one day at 1pm.

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Electrical Trades Union

Trade union for electrical workers to ensure fair wages, working conditions and job security.

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Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association

Union concentrated in mines, factories and power plants which amalgamated with the Construction Forestry and Mining Employees Union to form Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union in 1992.

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Foti International Fireworks

Pyrotechnic company established by Celestino Foti who came from an Italian pyrotechnic family.

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General Motors Holden

Automobile manufacturer formed when General Motors bought out Holden's Motor Body Builders in 1931.

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Howard & Sons Pyrotechnics

Firework company which has helped celebrate the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, numerous Royal visits, the Bicentennial celebrations and many New Year's Eves.

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J & A Brown

Coal mining company founded in Newcastle by brothers James and Alexander Brown about 1850.

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J Bayley and Sons

Largest tannery business in the Botany area.

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JC Ludowici & Son

Company established in 1858 as a tannery and manufacturer of mill belts which grew into an international company handling mineral processing and materials handling equipment.

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LJ Anschau & Sons Tannery

Tannery and boot making business first established at Luddenham by German migrant Ludwig Joseph Anschau.

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Labor Council of New South Wales

Peak body for trade unions in New South Wales whose membership comprises over 67 affiliated unions and regional Trades and Labor Councils.

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Lyon Cottier & Company

Stained glass manufacturing company from Glasgow.

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Mangrovite Belting Ltd

Industrial belt company established on the Lane Cove River in 1913. Publicly listed in 1922 , it was delisted in 1993.

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Maritime Union of Australia

National union for maritime workers formed by the merging of several maritime unions to increase its power and influence.

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Master Tanners and Curriers Association of New South Wales

One of several industrial organisations pertaining to the leather industry which existed at the start of the twentieth century.

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Meggitt's Linseed Oil Factory

Linseed oil manufacturer in George Street Parramatta serviced by the tramway.

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New South Wales Plumbers Union

Trade union for plumbers.

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New South Wales Teachers Federation

Trade union representing school teachers in New South Wales.

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PN Russell & Co

Engineering company created in 1855 by Peter Nicol Russell in partnership with his brothers John and George. It was wound up in 1875 after industrial unrest and financial difficulties.

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Parramatta Gas Company

Gas company incorporated in 1872.

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Phoenix Pottery Company

Pottery company established in Lane Cove in 1883.

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Public Service Association of NSW

Trade union established in 1899 and registered in 1915 to campaign for equal pay, superannuation and better working conditions within the public service.

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Seamen's Union of Australia

Trade union for merchant seamen formed in Sydney and Melbourne in 1874 which took the name Seamen's Union of Australia in 1906. In 1993 it amalgamated with the Waterside Workers' Federation to form the Maritime Union of Australia.

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Shop Assistants' Union

Association of shop assistants which grew out of the campaign for reduced working hours in 1888-89.

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Showmen's Guild of Australasia

Organisation of employers connected with the amusement industry.

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Swinbourne & Stephen

Botany industrial company.

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Syd Howard Fireworks

Pyrotechnic company formed in 1985 when Howard & Sons split after family acrimony.

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Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union

Trade union formed to represent the workers who undertook the dangerous and back breaking work of loading coal onto ships.

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Sydney Pottery Company

Pottery company established at Lane Cove in 1886.

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Sydney Wharf Labourers' Union

Founded in 1872, it was to become the Waterside Workers Federation in 1902 which then merged with the Seamen's Union of Australia to form the Maritime Unions of Australia in 1993.

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Waterside Workers Federation

Trade union established in 1902 to representing wharf labourers. It became part of the Maritime Union of Australia in 1993 when it amalgamated with the Seamen's Union of Australia.

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West Coast Kalsomine Co

Paint manufacturing company.

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Women's Committee of the Sydney Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation

Committee established to assist in the national waterfront strikes during the 1950s and 1960s. It mostly made up of wives of the striking wharf workers and performed volunteer help for their communities.

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