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 (s ...
Amicus
Amicus is Latin for 'friend' or 'comrade'. The word may refer to:
Organizations
* Amicus (trade union), the former British trade union, now merged with the TGWU to form Unite
* Amicus Bank, a former bank based in Canada
* Amicus Books, an inde ...
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 ...
(AEU) finally achieved a merger with the
Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union
The Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union, known as the EETPU, was a British trade union formed in 1968 as a union for electricians and plumbers, which went through three mergers from 1992 to now be part of Unite the Un ...
(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 O ...
, 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 union to form
Amicus
Amicus is Latin for 'friend' or 'comrade'. The word may refer to:
Organizations
* Amicus (trade union), the former British trade union, now merged with the TGWU to form Unite
* Amicus Bank, a former bank based in Canada
* Amicus Books, an inde ...
.James C. Docherty and Sjaak van der Velden, ''Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor'', pp.24-25
General Secretaries
:1992:
Gavin Laird
Sir Gavin Harry Laird (14 March 1933 – 26 October 2017) was a Scottish trade unionist, who became General Secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) and a Member of the Court of the Bank of England.
Growing up in Cl ...
and
Paul Gallagher Paul Gallagher may refer to:
* Paul Gallagher (barrister) (born 1955), Attorney General of Ireland, 2007–2011
* Paul Gallagher (bishop) (born 1954), diplomat of the Holy See
* Paul Gallagher (footballer) (born 1984), Scottish football player for ...
:1994:
Paul Gallagher Paul Gallagher may refer to:
* Paul Gallagher (barrister) (born 1955), Attorney General of Ireland, 2007–2011
* Paul Gallagher (bishop) (born 1954), diplomat of the Holy See
* Paul Gallagher (footballer) (born 1984), Scottish football player for ...
John Weakley
John Weakley (20 March 1940 – 23 January 1995) was a British trade unionist, who became acting president of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union.
Born in Swansea, Weakley completed an apprenticeship as a toolmaker with British Ae ...