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![[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union flag]](../images/a/au_amwu.jpg)
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located by Esteban Rivera, 15 April 2017
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I came across an image at
http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/, source:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au. It is clearly an Australian origin
flag. In
fact there are three flags: one in blue background, the other one in red
background and the third one in white background. Esteban Rivera, 15
April 2017
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, or more fully, the Automotive,
Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union (AMWU) ("The
Metalworkers"). The AMWU has its origins in the amalgamation of four metal trade
unions - the Boilermakers and Blacksmiths Society of Australia, the Federated
Jewellers, Watchmakers and Allied Trades Union of Australia, the Sheet Metal
Working Industrial Union of Australia and the Amalgamated Engineering Union - to
form the Amalgamated Metal Workers Union (AMWU) in 1973 (although they claim to
have predecessors as old as 160+ years old). Seven years later, after
amalgamation with the Federated Shipwrights and Ship Constructors Union of
Australia, the AMWU changed its name to the Amalgamated Metal Workers and
Shipwrights Union(AMWSU). When the Federated Moulders’ (Metals) Union
amalgamated in 1983, the union's name changed slightly to the Amalgamated Metals
Foundry & Shipwrights’ Union, but in 1985 reverted to the Amalgamated Metal
Workers’ Union. A 1991 amalgamation with the Association of Draughting
Supervisory & Technical Employees (ADSTE) created the Metals and Engineering
Workers’ Union. Two years later a further amalgamation with the Vehicle Builders
Employees’ Federation of Australia resulted in the Automotive Metals &
Engineering Union. In 1994 this union merged with the Confectionery Workers' and
Food Preservers’ Union. to form the Automotive Food Metals and Engineering
Union. Finally, the Printing and Kindred Industries Union amalgamated to form
the printing division of the Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and
Kindred Industries Union.
Sources:
http://www.amwu.org.au/about_us and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Manufacturing_Workers_Union
The flag is the
the logo on blue, red or white.
They also have a variant flag: a
horizontal violet background with the initials in capitals that cover the whole
flag, the letters being A, M and W (white) and U (red) as seen here:
https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/amwu/pages/240/features/original/Parmalat_Victory.jpg?1490826065
(source:
http://www.amwu.org.au/echuca_members_victorious_at_parmalat).
For
additional information go to AMWU (official website):
http://www.amwu.asn.au/
Esteban Rivera, 15 April 2017
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