Australian Manufacturing Workers Union

The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), or more fully, the Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing, and Kindred Industries Union, is an Australian trade union. The AMWU represents a broad range of workers in the manufacturing sector, as well as associated industries, and is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions.

AMWU
Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union
Founded1995
Headquarters133 Parramatta Rd, Granville, New South Wales
Location
Members
54,774 (as at 31 December 2022)
Key people
Steve Murphy, National Secretary
AffiliationsACTU, IndustriALL, ALP
Websitewww.amwu.org.au
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The union is organised into six state branches as well as four divisions, representing different industries or occupational groups: the Manufacturing Division, the Food and Confectionery Division, the Vehicle Division, and the Printing Division.

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