Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Union was an Australian

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

. It represented workers in food processing and manufacturing industries.

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.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. 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 The National Union of Workers was an Australian trade union formed in 1989. History The National Union of Workers of Australia was formed by a progressive amalgamation of unions from 1989 onwards in a time when all Australian unions were merging ...

. The new union was formed from several pre-existing organisations, the largest and most influential being the Federated Storemen and Packers Union.

References

{{Reflist Defunct trade unions of Australia Trade unions established in 1988 Trade unions disestablished in 1992 Food processing trade unions