The Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) was a British

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...

. It merged with the MSF to form Amicus in 2001.

History

The union was founded in 1992, when the

Amalgamated Engineering Union The Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) was a major British trade union. It merged with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union to form the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in 1992. History The history of t ...

(AEU) finally achieved a merger with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union (EETPU), after a hundred years of off-and-on discussions. The new union took the name Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union. The AEU had been affiliated to the

Trades Union Congress The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in England and Wales, representing the majority of trade unions. There are 48 affiliated unions, with a total of about 5.5 million members. Frances ...

, while the EETPU was not, so the merged organisation held a ballot on the question of affiliation; members voted for the new union to affiliate. The AEEU was also the largest member of the

Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU), often known as the Confed is a trade union confederation in the United Kingdom. History The confederation was founded in December 1890 as the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuil ...

. Membership of the new union continued to fall in line with the decline in employment in the sectors it covered. By 2001, its membership had fallen to 728,200. That year, it merged with the

Manufacturing, Science and Finance Manufacturing, Science and Finance (or the Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union; almost exclusively known as MSF) was a trade union in Britain. Over eighty members of Parliament (primarily members of the Labour Party) were members. Histor ...

union to form Amicus.James C. Docherty and Sjaak van der Velden, ''Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor'', pp.24-25

General Secretaries

:1992: Gavin Laird and

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:1994:

:1995: Ken Jackson

Presidents

:1992: Bill Jordan and Ken Jackson :1994: Bill Jordan :1994: John Weakley (acting) :1996: Davey Hall

References

External links

Catalogue of the AEEU archives
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Catalogue of further AEEU archives
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick {{Authority control Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom Engineering trade unions 1992 establishments in the United Kingdom Trade unions established in 1992 Trade unions disestablished in 2001 Trade unions based in London