Manufacturing Grocers' Employees' Federation of Australia

Manufacturing Grocers' Union
Manufacturing Grocers' Employees' Federation of Australia
Merged intoFederated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Employees' Association of Australia
FoundedOctober 1906
Dissolved1988
HeadquartersRoom 41, Victorian Trades Hall, Carlton, Melbourne
Location
  • Australia
Members
3,500 (in 1979)[1]
AffiliationsA.C.T.U., Victorian T.L.C., A.L.P., I.U.F.

Manufacturing Grocers' Employees' Federation of Australia (M.G.U.) was an Australian trade union existing between 1906 and 1988. The union was first established as the Federated Candle, Soap, Soda & Starch Employees' Union of Australia, before changing its name in 1914.[2] The union represented workers employed in manufacturing grocers' sundries and non-edible grocery products, particularly in the southern states of South Australia and Victoria. In 1988 the union amalgamated with the Federated Millers and Mill Employees' Union to form the Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Employees' Association of Australia, which in turn merged with a number of unions to form the National Union of Workers.[2]

  1. ^ Huntley, Pat and Huntley, Ian. (1979). "Inside Australia's Top 100 Trade Union – Are They Wrecking Australia?". Northbridge:Ian Huntley Pty. Ltd. ISBN 0-9598507-4-0
  2. ^ a b Smith, Bruce A. created 20 April 2001, last modified 6 August 2010. "Trade Union Entry: Manufacturing Grocers Employees Federation of Australia". Australian Trade Union Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2011.