| F.C.S.M.P.E.U. | |
| Location Country: | Australia |
| Affiliation: | ACTU, ALP, IUF |
| Members: | 6,700 (in 1979)[1] |
| Full Name: | Federated Cold Storage and Meat Preserving Employees' Union of Australasia |
| Founded: | 1908 |
| Dissolved: | 1992 |
| Merged: | National Union of Workers |
| Headquarters: | Room 2, 3rd Floor, Victorian Trades Hall, Carlton, Melbourne, VIC |
The Federated Cold Storage and Meat Preserving Employees' Union (FCSMPEU) was an Australian trade union which existed between 1908 and 1992.[2] [3] The union represented workers employed in refrigeration, and the production of ice, dairy products, preserved meat, fish, game and poultry in the southern states of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.[1] The union was initially known as the Cold Storage Union of Victoria before changing its name in 1915.[1] The union maintained 100 per cent membership, and most workplaces were closed shops.[1]
The union began seeking to amalgamate with unions representing workers in similar industries in the 1970s, partly as a result of automation reducing employment in the industry, and initially favoured merging with the Food Preservers' Union and the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union.[1] The union eventually amalgamated in 1992 with the newly formed National Union of Workers.[2]