UNITED WE STAND: AUSTRALIAN TIMBER WORKERS UNION SA BRANCH

(now part of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union)

Artist: Cliff Brownless

Produced: 1980 reproduction banner

Our organisation’s original banner was rediscovered in the old Trades Hall attic when Trades Hall was relocated from Grote Street to South Terrace in 1972.

The president of our union took the banner home and photographed both sides of it for posterity.

Unfortunately the banner went astray, but with the photographs and the services of Cliff Brownless, a builder’s labourer, we were able to obtain a replica of the original banner. We are indebted to Cliff for his time and ability to create a piece of Australian Timber Workers’ Union History. The banner has been carried high and successfully on many marches, rallies and demonstrations since.  Trevor Smith

Cited in: All Our Working Lives: A project by working people documenting their struggles and achievements, co-ordinated by Andrew Hill, Eugenia Hill, United Trades & Labor Council (SA), Working Women’s Centre, Trade Union Training Authority, Community Media Association, Kitchener Press, 1984, p. 99.

Loaned by the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union South Australia, Manufacturing Division. Held in the Mount Gambier Office.