Founded 1911 Members 4,300 (1971) | Date dissolved 1988 Affiliation A.C.T.U., A.L.P. | |
Full name Federated Millers and Mill Employees' Association of Australasia Merged into Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Employees' Association of Australia | ||
The Federated Millers and Mill Employees' Association of Australasia (MEA) was an Australian trade union which existed between 1911 and 1988. The union represented workers employed in milling grain.
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Formation
The Federation (originally the Federated Millers and Mill Employes' Association) was formed as a result of a meeting in Adelaide in May 1910. At the first annual meeting held in Melbourne in March 1911, the following officers were elected: President, Mr. T. Drum (N.S.W.); vice-president, Mr. W. Bain (S.A.); general secretary, Mr. G. Lewis (N.S.W.); treasurer, Mr. J. Nealer (Vic.); trustees, Frank Condon (S.A.) and J. Kebble. Apologies were received from the Western Australian branch.
Amalgamation
In 1988 the M.E.A. amalgamated with the Manufacturing Grocers' Employees' Federation of Australia to form the Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Union. This union then merged shortly after into the recently formed National Union of Workers.