Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union

The union was founded in 1992, when the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) finally achieved a merger with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union (EETPU), after a hundred years of off-and-on discussions.[1] The AEU had been affiliated to the Trades Union Congress, 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.[3] The AEEU was also the largest member of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions.[4] Membership of the new union continued to fall in line with the decline in employment in the sectors it covered.That year, it merged with the Manufacturing, Science and Finance union to form Amicus.
AmicusLondonUnited Kingdomtrade unionAmalgamated Engineering UnionElectrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing UnionTrades Union CongressConfederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering UnionsManufacturing, Science and FinanceGavin LairdPaul GallagherKen JacksonBill JordanJohn WeakleyDavey Hall