Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia

The Registered Organisations Commission is responsible for regulating the financial returns, annual returns, elections and disclosures of registered organisations. These records are available below.

Rules and Rule alterations remain with the Fair Work Commission and the FWC continues to host those records on its website .

About the TCFUA 

 PLEASE NOTE   

This page is preserved for historical purposes only.

This organisation was deregistered upon amalgamation with the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union effective on and from 27 March 2018.  See the instrument of deregistration [2018] FWC 1794 and the decision of the Fair Work Commission at [2018] FWC 1017 for further details.  

Organisation type and coverage: a union of employees connected to the textile, clothing and footwear industries

Financial year: 1 January to 31 December

Date of registration: 15 August 1919, originally as The Australian Textile Workers Union.

The organisation and its branches are all reporting units for the purposes of financial reporting.

The organisation has 2 branches: 

• the New South Wales South Australian Tasmanian Branch, and
• the Victorian Queensland Western Australian Branch.

The management of the organisation is vested in the National Council, which comprises the Branch Secretary and the Assistant Branch Secretary of each branch together with extra National Councillors depending on number of members within each branch.

The National Executive of the organisation consists of the Office Bearers of the organisation and the National Trustees. Each branch is governed by a Branch Committee.

All office positions within the organisation are elected for a term of 4 years. These elections are conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission.

For the current rules, information on rules, rule alterations and permits, please see the Fair Work Commission website. These matters are dealt with by the Fair Work Commission.