Trade Union entry Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australasia (1916 - 1930)

Summary

The Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union of Australasia was a small Australia-wide union of skilled tradesmen occupying a strategic position in Australian engineering with strong links to the mining and railway industries. It was formed through the federation of several state unions in 1899 although it did not gain federal registration until 1916. In 1930 it changed its name slightly to the Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union of Australia. The Union survived until it amalgamated with the Amalgamated Metal Workers' and Shipwrights' Union in 1983 to form the Amalgamated Metals Foundry & Shipwrights' Union. By 1985 the union was simply known as the Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union which in turn changed to the Metals & Engineering Workers' Union in 1991 after a merger with the Association of Draughting Supervisory & Technical Employees. In 1993 an amalgamation with the Vehicle Builders Employees' Federation of Australia created the Automotive Metals & Engineering Union, but this was soon changed again when an amalgamation with the Confectionery Workers' & Food Preservers' Union helped form the Automotive Food Metals & Engineering Union in 1994.

Related entries

Timeline

 1882 - c. 1896 Friendly Trade Society of Ironmoulders of Queensland
       c. 1882 - c. 1899 Ironfounders Trade Union of Victoria
       c. 1886 - 1899 Friendly Trade Society of Iron Moulders of New South Wales
       c. 1896 - Ironmoulders Trade Union of Queensland
             1899 - c. 1914 Federated Iron Brass & Steel Moulders Union of Australasia
                   1916 - 1930 Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australasia
                         1930 - 1983 Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australia
                               1983 - 1985 Amalgamated Metals Foundry & Shipwrights Union
                                     1985 - 1991 Amalgamated Metal Workers Union (ii)
                                           1991 - 1993 Metals & Engineering Workers Union
                                                 1993 - 1994 Automotive Metals & Engineering Union
                                                       1994 - 1995 Automotive Food Metals & Engineering Union
                                                             1995 - Automotive Food Metals Engineering Printing & Kindred Industries Union

Archival resources

Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle

• Federated Moulders Union of Australasia - Minute books and Journals, 1918 - 1936, AB5579-AB5583; Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle. Details
• Federated Moulders Union of Australasia - The Federated Moulder, A6053(xiv); Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Jack Hooke interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1986, ORAL TRC 1948/10; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australia - Records, 1882 - 1947, T20; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australia - Records, 1910 - 1963, E121; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australia - Records, 1902 - 1968, Z112(pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australia - Records, 1904 - 1982, Z102(pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

• Federated Moulders' Union - Records, 1907 - 1982, SRG 495; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union, Queensland Branch - Records, 1877 - 1979, 1980.0118; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union, Queensland Branch - Records, 1882 - 1960, 1981.0119; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union, Queensland Branch - Records, 1874 - 1970, 1978.0090; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union, Queensland Branch - Records, 1892 - 1980, 1980.0119; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union, Queensland Branch - Records, 1913 - 1981, 1982.0093; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Federated Moulders (Metals) Union, Tasmanian District - Records, 1910 - 1973, 1980.0158; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Federated Moulders (Metals) Union, Tasmanian District - Records, 1900 - 1978, 1979.0150; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Iron Moulders' Friendly Society of Victoria, Ballarat Branch - Records, 1874 - 1940, 1977.0055; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• Hargreaves, W.J., History of the Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union of Australia 1858-1958, The Worker Print, Sydney, 1958, 99 pp. Details

Edited Books

• Murphy, D.J. (ed.), The Big Strikes, Queensland 1889-1965, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, Queensland, 1983, 303 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Cockfield, Sandra, 'McKay's harvester works and the continuation of managerial control', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 40, no. 3, 1998, pp. 383-400. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 15: Trade Unions - Manufacturing - Metals and Food', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/036.html. Details