Australian Manufacturing Workers Union

The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union ( German: Australian manufacturing workers ' union ) or full name Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union ( AMWU ) (commonly known in Australia as The Metal Workers ) is an Australian trade union.

It is registered in the register of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and a member of the trade union federation Australian Council of Trade Unions. The AMWU is with more than 130,000 members of the largest trade unions in Australia.

History

The oldest trade union, which merged in the AMWU merger of 1995 was the Australian offshoot of 1851 the British Amalgamated Metal Workers ' Union. The AMWU has its roots in the early 1850s, the Australian labor movement, and in 1995 she gave up after a merger of many unions its current name. It is one of the left wing of the Australian trade union movement.

The AMWU understands itself as part of the successful struggle of the working class for the 8-hour day, paid maternity protection for the rights of apprentices, family-friendly conditions, pensions and other rights for more than 150 years.

She took part in the political movement Stop the War Coalition in Australia and was particularly active against liberal government of John Howard, who was voted out in 2007, when they restricted the rights of the Australian trade union under the various laws.

Organization structure

The AMWU performs various independent unions that are in Australia called Division:

• Vehicle Division ( auto industry )
• Metal and Engineering Division (metal and engineering industry )
• Food and Confectionery Division (food and clothing )
• Technical, Supervisory and Administrative Division ( technicians and clerks)
• Printing and Packing Division ( printing and packaging industry )