Amalgamated (organization name)
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In the business
world, amalgamated refers to an organization that has undergone amalgamation. Amalgamated organizations may use "amalgamated" in their name to signify that it is the amalgamation of its component companies or trade union
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Amalgamated organizations include:
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
world, amalgamated refers to an organization that has undergone amalgamation. Amalgamated organizations may use "amalgamated" in their name to signify that it is the amalgamation of its component companies or trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
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Amalgamated organizations include:
In North America
- Amalgamated Bank of ChicagoAmalgamated Bank of ChicagoThe Amalgamated Bank of Chicago is a commercial bank headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. In addition to its downtown Chicago office, the bank has a branch office in Warrenville, Illinois....
, a bank founded in 1923 by the ACWA and now owned by UNITE HERE - Amalgamated Sugar CompanyAmalgamated Sugar CompanyThe Amalgamated Sugar Company is a sugar beet refining company run on a cooperative basis. It was founded in 1897 in Logan, Utah, and is now located in Nampa, Idaho, United States. The company markets its sugar under the White Satin brand.-Founding:...
- Amalgamated Transit UnionAmalgamated Transit UnionThe Amalgamated Transit Union is a labor union in the United States and The Amalgamated Transit Union Canadian Council in Canada, representing workers in the transit system and other industries...
, a U.S. and Canada based union - Amalgamated AdvertisingAmalgamated AdvertisingAmalgamated is an independent advertising agency based in New York City. Founded in 2003 by Douglas Cameron, Jason Gaboriau and Charles Rosen, Amalgamated is a full-service ad agency and brand consultancy....
- Dominica Amalgamated Workers' UnionDominica Amalgamated Workers' UnionThe Dominica Amalgamated Workers' Union is a trade union in Dominica. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
Now disbanded or further amalgamated
- Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel WorkersAmalgamated Association of Iron and Steel WorkersAmalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers was an American labor union formed in 1876 and which represented iron and steel workers. It partnered with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, CIO, in November, 1935...
, a historical trade union - Amalgamated Clothing Workers of AmericaAmalgamated Clothing Workers of AmericaThe Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America was a United States labor union known for its support for "social unionism" and progressive political causes. Led by Sidney Hillman for its first thirty years, it helped found the Congress of Industrial Organizations...
- Amalgamated Machinery Corporation, manufacturers of the AmalgamatedAmalgamated (1917 automobile)The Amalgamated was made by the Amalgamated Machinery Corp of Chicago, Illinois, from 1917 to 1919. The Amalgamated Six used a special engine which featured positively-opened poppet valves. Instead of disc cams that would only lift, grooved cylindrical cams of the type similar to those in machine...
- Amalgamated Meat CuttersAmalgamated Meat CuttersThe Amalgamated Meat Cutters , officially the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, was a labor union that represented retail butchers and packinghouse workers.-History:...
, a North American trade union
In the United Kingdom
- Chesham AmalgamationsChesham AmalgamationsChesham Amalgamations is the trading name of Chesham Amalgamations & Investments Limited, a pioneering mergers and acquisitions broking company based in the UK...
, a British mergers and acquisitions broking company
Now disbanded or further amalgamated
- Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical UnionAmalgamated Engineering and Electrical UnionThe Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union was a British trade union. It merged with the MSF to form Amicus in 2001.The history of the union can be traced back to the formation of the "Old Mechanics" of 1826, which grew into the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in 1851...
, a historical British trade union (formerly known as the "Amalgamated Society of Engineers"), now part of Amicus - Amalgamated Marine Workers' UnionAmalgamated Marine Workers' UnionThe Amalgamated Marine Workers' Union was a trade union of sailors, firemen and ship-board service personnel which existed in the United Kingdom between 1922 and 1926....
- Amalgamated Motor Cycles Ltd
- Amalgamated StudiosAmalgamated StudiosAmalgamated Studios were founded in 1935 in the Hertfordshire, UK town of Borehamwood. They were acquired in 1938 by J. Arthur Rank, who wished to consolidate his holdings elsewhere....
- Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and JoinersAmalgamated Society of Carpenters and JoinersThe Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners was a New Model Trade Union in the 1860s in the United Kingdom, representing carpenters and joiners....
, a British organisation formed during the 1860s - Amalgamated Union of Building Trade WorkersAmalgamated Union of Building Trade WorkersThe Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers was a British trade union.The AUBTW was founded in 1921 when the Operative Society of Masons, Quarrymen and Allied Trades of England and Wales, the Operative Bricklayers' Society and the Manchester Unity of Operative Bricklayers' Society merged...
- Anglo-AmalgamatedAnglo-AmalgamatedAnglo-Amalgamated Productions was a British film production company run by Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy that operated from 1945 to the 1970s. Much of the output was low budget and often second features, many produced at Merton Park Studios...
, a British film production company from the 1930s to the 1970s, responsible for some of the early "Carry On" films - FleetwayFleetwayFleetway, also known as Fleetway Publications and Fleetway Editions, was a UK publishing company which mainly produced comic magazines. For a time owned by IPC Media, they are now a division of Egmont Publishing....
Publications, formerly known as "Amalgamated Press".
In Asia and Oceania
- Amalgamated Society of Engineers (Australia)Amalgamated Society of Engineers (Australia)The Amalgamated Society of Engineers was an Australian trade union established in 1905. In 1921, the Society was renamed the Amalgamated Engineering Union, Australian Section. The Society was most famous for its involvement in the landmark High Court of Australia case, Amalgamated Society of...
- Amalgamated Wireless Australasia LimitedAmalgamated Wireless Australasia LimitedAmalgamated Wireless Ltd . Throughout most of the 20th century AWA was Australia's largest and most prominent electronics organisation, undertaking development, manufacture and distribution of radio, telecommunications, television and audio equipment as well as broadcasting services.After the...
- Central Amalgamated Workers' UnionCentral Amalgamated Workers' UnionThe Central Amalgamated Workers' Union is a trade union in New Zealand. It is one of three autonomous unions, with the Northern Amalgamated Workers' Union, and the Southern Amalgamated Workers' Union, who operate nationally as the Amalgamated Workers' Union .The AWUNZ is a member of the New...
- Northern Amalgamated Workers' UnionNorthern Amalgamated Workers' UnionThe Northern Amalgamated Workers' Union is a trade union in New Zealand. It is one of three autonomous unions, with the Southern Amalgamated Workers' Union, and the Central Amalgamated Workers' Union, who operate nationally as the Amalgamated Workers' Union.The AWUNZ is a member of the New Zealand...
- Southern Amalgamated Workers' UnionSouthern Amalgamated Workers' UnionThe Southern Amalgamated Workers' Union is a trade union in New Zealand. It is one of three autonomous unions, with the Northern Amalgamated Workers' Union, and the Central Amalgamated Workers' Union, who operate nationally as the Amalgamated Workers' Union.The AWUNZ is a member of the New Zealand...
In Botswana
- Botswana Railways Amalgamated Workers' UnionBotswana Railways Amalgamated Workers' UnionThe Botswana Railways Amalgamated Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- National Amalgamated Central, Local & Parastatal Manual Workers' UnionNational Amalgamated Central, Local & Parastatal Manual Workers' UnionThe National Amalgamated Central, Local & Parastatal Manual Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
, a Botswana-based organisation
In fiction
- A large corporation called Consolidated Amalgamated figures in the plots of two films by Peter HyamsPeter HyamsPeter Hyams is an American screenwriter, director and cinematographer, probably best known for directing the 1984 science fiction adventure 2010 , Capricorn One, the comic book adaptation Timecop and the Arnold Schwarzenegger horror/action film End of Days.-Family:Hyams was born in New York...
: Capricorn OneCapricorn OneCapricorn One is a 1977 science fiction thriller movie about a Mars landing hoax. It was written and directed by Peter Hyams and produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. It stars James Brolin, Sam Waterston and O. J...
(1978) and OutlandOutland (film)Outland is a 1981 British science fiction thriller film written and directed by Peter Hyams.Set on Jupiter's moon Io, it has been described as a space Western, and bears thematic resemblances to High Noon....
(1981). - Amalgamated Fluorodynamics is a fictional company in the Half-Life mod Science and IndustryScience and IndustryScience and Industry is a multiplayer, teamplay mod for the video game Half-Life. It is one of the oldest Half-Life mods and has been described as a classic one. The current version of the game is 1.1, released on December 14, 2006...