The Australasian Society of Engineers (ASE) was an Australian trade union active from 1890 to 1991.
[1] The Amalgamated Society had been formed by members of the British union of the same name, and the split occurred due to accusations of interference from Britain.
The two organisations operated in parallel for over 80 years, and were constantly competing for members.
[1] In February 1938, it was deregistered by Judge Beeby of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, who determined that it had organised an illegal strike at a dockyard in New South Wales.
FIMEE was merged into the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) the following year.