Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union

Identity area

Type of entity

Trade union

Authorized form of name

Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

      Other form(s) of name

      • Australasian Federated Butchers Union
      • Meatworkers Union

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1906 -

      History

      The union was registered in 1906 as the Australasian Federated Butchers Union and the name was changed in 1912 to the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union. Officially known as the AMIEU, in 2002 it became commonly known as the Meatworkers Union.

      Places

      Branches: Victoria; Tasmania; Newcastle and Northern; New South Wales; Queensland; South Australia and Western Australia

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      Representation for butchers

      Mandates/sources of authority

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

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      Occupations

      Control area

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      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Entered from deposit description on 3 September 2012

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          Sources

          AMIEU Federal Office history, http://amieu.asn.au/about-amieu/history/ (accessed on 3 September 2012)

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