Australian Maritime Officers Union

Maritime trade union in Australia

AMOU

Australian Maritime Officers Union

Founded| 1904
Headquarters| Suite 1, 5th Floor, 377 Sussex St, Sydney, NSW
Location|

* Australia

Members

| 2,580 (as at 31 December 2022)[1]
Affiliations| ACTU, ITF, QCU
Website| www.amou.com.au

The Australian Maritime Officers Union (AMOU) is an Australian trade union that is registered with the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (and additionally registered in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia) and affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Its membership covers mariners as well as professional, administrative, supervisory and technical employees in the maritime industry and dependent services. The AMOU uses the services model of trade unionism.

The AMOU National Office is located in Sydney, NSW. The National executive are:

* President: Captain Tim Higgs
* National Vice President: Ken Blackband
* National Delegates: Aaron Wild and Brent Middleton
* Offshore Divisional Delegates: James Gregson
* Port Services Divisional Delegates: Daryl Dorron
* Area Secretaries:
* Seagoing delegate Matt Jepson
* Towage Delegate Ken Blackband
* Marine Pilot delegate Andrew Hawkins

The AMOU is composed of two Divisions: "Offshore" and "Port Services".

The Eastern Area President: Vacant Secretary: Brent Warhurst. The Southern Area President: Vacant The Western Area President: Paul Dolan Area Secretary: Glenn Anderson

The Australian Maritime Officers Union has previously published a journal called the Maritime Officer.

## History

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The AMOU traces its roots to the formation of the Mercantile Marine Officers' Association in the 1880s. The MMOA was one of the key unions involved in the 1890 Australian maritime dispute that began on 15 August 1890 and ended when members returned to work on the employers' terms in November 1890.[2][3]

A general meeting of the MMOA on 12 February 1904 changed the name of the union to Merchant Service Guild of Australasia. The Guild registered under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act on 5 May 1905, the first registered federal employee organisation to do so.[4] On 3 September 1957 the union changed its name to the Merchant Service Guild of Australia.

In 1976 it took over coverage of sea-going shipwrights, previously represented by the Federated Shipwrights and Ship Constructors Association of Australia. The Australian Maritime Officers Union was formed in 1993 with the merger of the Merchant Services Guild and the Australian Stevedoring Supervisors Association.

## Publications

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* Australian Maritime Officers Union (1990), The Australian maritime officer : journal of the Australian Maritime Officers Union, The Union, retrieved 21 September 2021

## References

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1. ^ "Membership size of registered organisations – 2023" (PDF). Fair Work Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
2. ^ Bellanta, Melissa (1 January 2009), 16 August 1890: The maritime strike begins: On utopia and 'class war', University of New South Wales Press, retrieved 21 September 2021
3. ^ Trades Hall Council (Melbourne, Vic.). Committee of Finance and Control (1891), The great Maritime strike of 1890 : report of Committee of Finance and Control, [Trades Hall Council?], retrieved 21 September 2021
4. ^ "NEW ZEALAND". The Mercury. Vol. LXXXVII, no. 11, 488. Tasmania, Australia. 10 January 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 21 September 2021 - via National Library of Australia.

## External links

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* Official website
* Australian Trade Union Archive entry for AMOU

* Organized labour portal

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* VIAF

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