Boilermakers and Blacksmiths Society of Australia

The Boilermakers and Blacksmiths Society of Australia was an Australian trade union representing boilermakers and blacksmiths between 1965 and 1972.

It was established on 1 January 1966 with the amalgamation of the Boilermakers' Society of Australia and the Blacksmiths' Society of Australia. Though widely described as the formation of a new union, it inherited the industrial registration of the Boilermakers' Society. The union was associated with a "militant left-wing" group within the Metal Trades Federation.[1][2][3][4]

It amalgamated with the Sheet Metal Working Industrial Union of Australia and the Amalgamated Engineering Union in 1972 and ceased to exist at that time; however, due to legal issues over the name of the new union, the successor Amalgamated Metal Workers Union was not registered until 1973.[1][5][6]

References
  1. "Boilermakers & Blacksmiths Society of Australia (1965–1972)". Australian Trade Union Archives. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. "Two significant union mergers expected". The Canberra Times. 5 March 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via Trove.
  3. "Unions to combine". The Canberra Times. 31 December 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via Trove.
  4. "Boilermakers' warning". Tribune. New South Wales. 6 October 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via Trove.
  5. "INDUSTRIAL NEWS J Objection to use of new union title". The Canberra Times. 28 June 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via Trove.
  6. "Funds are freed by High Court". The Canberra Times. 8 June 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via Trove.
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