Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia

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TCFUA
Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia
Merged into Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union
Founded1 July 1992
Dissolved2018
Headquarters Sydney, New South Wales
Location
Key people
Tony Woolgar, national secretary
Affiliations ACTU
Website www.tcfua.org.au
Total employment in Australian textile, clothing and footwear manufacturing (thousands of people) since 1984 ABS-6291.0.55.003-LabourForceAustraliaDetailedQuarterly-EmployedPersonsByIndustrySubdivisionSex-EmployedTotal-TextileLeatherClothingFootwearManufacturing-Persons-A2546111A.svg
Total employment in Australian textile, clothing and footwear manufacturing (thousands of people) since 1984

The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) was a trade union in Australia. It represented a wide range of workers from the textile, clothing, footwear and felt hatting industries.

The TCFUA was formed 1 July 1992 by the merger of the Amalgamated Footwear & Textile Workers' Union of Australia and the Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia. It was affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions. In 2018, the TCFUA merged into the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union. [1]

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References

  1. Daley, Beth. "Unions have a history of merging – that's why the new 'super union' makes sense". The Conversation. The Conversation. Retrieved 19 December 2023.