The Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union was formed in 1972 by the merger of the Boilermakers' and Blacksmiths' Society of Australia, the Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Sheet Metal Workers' Union. In 1973 it joined the Amalgamated Engineering Union, unions representing sheet metal workers, boilermakers and blacksmiths as well as the Federated Jewellers' Watchmakers' & Allied Trades Union of Australia to form the Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union. In 1976 the union amalgamated with the Federated Shipwrights' & Ship Constructors' Association of Australia to become the Amalgamated Metal Workers' & Shipwrights Union. In 1983 it joined the Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australia to become the Amalgamated Metals Foundry and Shipwrights' Union. |
