Corporate entry: Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen
Summary
Records 1891-1973. Records are of the Federal Council, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australian and Tasmanian Divisions; there are five deposits comprising 193 linear feet. Federal Council records span 1895-1954 and contain minutes of meetings, financial, general and arbitration records. The Queensland organization, the Locomotive Enginemen, Firemen and Cleaners' Association decided to join the federal union soon after the formation of the A.F.U.L.E. in 1920. The branches of the old L.E.F. & C.A. were re-organized around regional divisions - Northern, Central, South Western and Southern, Queensland Divisional records are as follows:
Minutes of meetings of the executive Council of Queensland Locomotive Enginemen, Firemen & Cleaners' Association, (after 10 July 1921 known as A.F.U.L.E. Queensland Division) 1891-1899; 1918-1959; 1970-1973. 13 boxes. A.B.L. E.212/1-35.
Executive decisions, 1929-1936, indexed, one volume. A.B.L. E.212/36.
Correspondence files, 1912-1973, card index available, 84 boxes. A.B.L. E.212/37-693.
Correspondence files, unnumbered, relating to interpretations of railway awards, Industrial Court decisions, union claims for variations in awards, 1929-1966, four boxes. A.B.L. E.212/694-714.
Circulars to Divisional Manager and Australian Councillors from General Manager and to Divisional Councillors and Branch Secretaries from Divisional Secretary, regarding arbitration matters, 1958-1972, three folders. A.B.L. E.212/715-717.
Transcripts of hearings in the Industrial Court of Queensland, 1945, 1954, one folder, two volumes. A.B.L. E.212/718-720.
Arbitration papers viz: judgements, affidavits, notices of motion, orders on summons, submissions and tables, log of claims, Queensland Government Gazette extracts regarding Awards, 1936-1970, five folders. A.B.L. E.212/721-725.
Ledgers, 1924-1944, three volumes. A.B.L. E.212/726-728.
Cash receipt books, 1948-1974, three volumes. A.B.L. E.212/729-731.
Minutes of meetings, Richmond Branch, 2 September 1956-23 August 1963, one volume. A.B.L. E.212/732.
Correspondence book (outward letters), Richmond Branch, 2 September 1956-3 April 1963, one volume. A.B.L. E.212/733.
Correspondence book, Richmond Branch, 15 April 1963-April 1965, one volume. A.B.L. E.212/734.
Inward letters, Richmond Branch, includes copies of letters sent by Combined Railway Union Secretary (Richmond) 9 October 1963-23 July 1965, one folder. A.B.L. E.212/735.
Contributions book, Richmond Branch, 2 September 1956-1 July 1965, one volume. A.B.L. E.212/736.
Cash book, Richmond Branch, 2 September 1956-31 December 1965, one volume. A.B.L. E.212/737.
Copies of outletters from Divisional Secretary, 1 March-31 May 1963, (part of the union's master file, chronological order), one folder. A.B.L. E.212/738.
Tables showing average numbers of staff and hours paid, all depots, 1948-1963, 1967, four folders. A.B.L. E.212/739-742.
Newspaper extracts regarding Murrarie meat industry dispute, May-July 1946, one folder. A.B.L. E.212/743.
Questionnaire forms regarding details of branches and depots, 8 May-7 August 1959, one file. A.B.L. E.212/744.
Report (first draft) by J.C. Valentine to Prime Minister regarding visit to U.S.A. as part of industrial delegation, 1927, typescript, pp.97, one folder. A.B.L. E.212/745.
Early material collected by union, comprising:
1. Correspondence between Locomotive Enginemen and General Secretary of Enginemen, Firemen & Cleaners' Association, 1907-1908.
2. Minutes of deputations, E.F. & C.'s Association to Chief Mechanical Engineer, 1911, 1912.
3. 'History of the Union' file - articles and letters, 1922.
4. Tables showing wage rates etc., 1907-1932.
5. Extracts from Commissioner's reports, 1925, 1926, 1929.
6. Report to Commissioner for Prices, Queensland Parliamentary Paper 1933. Material spans 1907-1933, one folder. A.B.L. E.212/746.
Loose material, mostly notes, some letters without reference numbers, some undated, 1939-1966, one folder. A.B.L. E.212/747.
Report by Commission of Inquiry on organization of Workers' Educational Association and Department of Tutorial Classes at the University of Queensland, 19 July 1939. roneoed, pp.35, one folder. A.B.L. E.212/748.
Blueprints: exhibits in Inquiry into Dayboro derailment viz: location plans, carriage plans, locomotive plans, plans of Dayboro line and Westinghouse air brake, May 1947, one bundle. A.B.L. E.212/749.
Unused membership tickets and ballot papers (samples), 1970-1973. A.B.L. E.212/750.
Printed and roneoed pamphlets, periodicals and newspapers, 1918-1973. A.B.L. E.212/751-796. A.B.L. total union deposits: T.60, E.94, E.99, E.118, E.212. Restricted Access.