Amalgamated Engineering Union

Identity area

Type of entity

Trade union

Authorized form of name

Amalgamated Engineering Union

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      Other form(s) of name

      • Amalgamated Society of Engineers

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      Dates of existence

      1851 - 1973

      History

      Established in 1851, the original Amalgamated Engineering Union was a branch of the British union. It was registered with the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Court in 1905 and became known as the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. In 1920 it amalgamated with ten other engineering and allied trade unions and changed its name to the Amalgamated Engineering Union, Australian Section in 1921. In 1968 the union became autonomous from its parent body in Britain, shortening its name to the Amalgamated Engineering Union to reflect this. In mid-June 1972 the AEU began a series of amalgamations with the Sheet Metal Workers, Blacksmiths & Boilermakers and Federated Jewellers to form the Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union by 1973.

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      Representation for engineers

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      Related entity

      Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union (1973 - 1976, 1985 - 1991)

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      temporal

      Dates of relationship

      1973

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      Related entity

      Garland, John D (1922 - 1991)

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      associative

      Dates of relationship

      1957 - 1981

      Description of relationship

      General Secretary

      Related entity

      Steam Engine Makers' Society (1824 - 1920)

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      Category of relationship

      associative

      Dates of relationship

      1920

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          Sources

          Australian Trade Union Archives, http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0047b.htm#related (accessed on 20 November 2012)

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