Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Union

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Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Union
Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Employees' Association of Australasia
Merged into National Union of Workers
Founded1988
Dissolved1992
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Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Union was an Australian trade union. It represented workers in food processing and manufacturing industries.

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Formation

The Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Union was formed through the amalgamation of two pre-existing unions, the Federated Millers and Mill Employees' Association of Australasia and the Manufacturing Grocers' Employees' Federation of Australia. [1] Both unions represented relatively small memberships, and amalgamated as part of a period of union rationalisation encouraged by the ACTU.

Amalgamation

The new union did not last long as a separate entity, and in 1992 it amalgamated with the recently formed National Union of Workers. [1] The new union was formed from several pre-existing organisations, the largest and most influential being the Federated Storemen and Packers Union.

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References

  1. 1 2 Smith, Bruce A. created 20 April 2001, last modified 6 August 2010. Trade Union Entry: Federated Millers & Manufacturing Grocers Employees Association of Australasia. "http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0470b.htm". Australian Trade Union Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2011.