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List Of Trade Unions In Australia
This is a list of trade unions in Australia that are registered with the Fair Work Commission. The peak body for unions in Australia is the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Current trade unions The following is a list of trade unions that are recognised by the Fair Work Commission as a registered organisation, as of 29 July 2023. Former trade unions References {{reflist * Australia Trade unions A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and Employee ben ...
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Fair Work Commission
The Fair Work Commission (FWC), until 2013 known as Fair Work Australia (FWA), is the Australian industrial relations tribunal created by the ''Fair Work Act 2009'' as part of the Rudd Government's reforms to industrial relations in Australia. Operations commenced on 1 July 2009. It is the successor of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, and also performs functions previously performed by the Workplace Authority and the Australian Fair Pay Commission. The office of President of the Fair Work Commission is currently vacant since the retirement on 18 November 2022 of Iain Ross; Vice President Adam Hatcher is currently acting as President. , it operates under the portfolio of the Australian Attorney-General, the Hon Mark Dreyfus MP. The general manager of the FWC is Murray Furlong, who was appointed in October of 2021. FWC's functions include the setting and varying industrial awards, minimum wage fixation, dispute resolution, the approval of enterprise agreements ...
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Australian Rail, Tram And Bus Industry Union
The Australian Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union (RTBU) is an Australian trade union representing rail, tram and bus workers. The RTBU is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Internationally, the RTBU is affiliated with the International Transport Workers' Federation. It has a membership of 31,223 as at 31 December 2018. History The union was formed on 1 March 1993 as the Public Transport Union (PTU) through the amalgamation of four long-standing transport unions: the Australian Railways Union, the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Employees, the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association and the National Union of Rail Workers of Australia. The amalgamation effectively created one union for public transport workers for the first time in Australia. It adopted its current name in 1998. Structure It is organised into National Divisions, covering Infrastructure; Rail Operations; Tram and Bus; ...
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Community And Public Sector Union
CPSU, the Community and Public Sector Union (more commonly known as the CPSU) is a national trade union in Australia. The union came into existence on 1 July 1994 with the amalgamation of the Public Sector, Professional, Scientific, Research, Technical, Communication, Aviation and Broadcasting Union ("PSU") with the State Public Service Federation ( "SPSF" ). The CPSU is one of the largest trade unions in Australia with 120,000 members. Overview For historical and administrative reason, the CPSU operates through two groups: the SPSF Group and the PSU Group. The SPSF Group (State Public Service Federation) represents the State public sector employees, some former public sector employees, and university professional staff. The PSU Group (Public Services Union) represents Commonwealth government employees, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory employees, and employees in former Commonwealth government entities. These groups reflect the pre-existing eligibility and ...
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Plumbing Trades Employees Union
The Plumbing and Pipe Trades Employees Union is a trade union in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... It is a division of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia. The union was originally formed through the amalgamation of state-based unions in Victoria, South Australia and Queensland in 1911. The federal union was initially known as the Australian Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees Union. The union amalgamated with the Electrical Trades Union of Australia and the Communication Workers Union of Australia in the 1990s to form the Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia. References External links official site. Trade unions in Australia Trade unions established in 1911 1911 establishments in Australia ...
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Electrical Trades Union Of Australia
The Electrical Trades Union of Australia (ETU) is an Australian trade union. The ETU is a division of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU), and is the largest of the three divisions. Under State Government laws, the union often exists as a separately registered union. History On 24 December 1919 Electrical Trades Union of Australia federally re-registered under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 as an association of employees. This date is now taken as the official registration date of the Federal Union. In 1985, ETU members were sacked after the Joh Bjelke-Petersen Government sacked them for refusing to sign individual contracts (''see:'' SEQEB strike of Queensland, 1985). In 2005, plans were made to picket the former premier's State funeral, however those plans were subsequently abandoned following requests by the union leadership. In 2007, the ETU leader Dean Mighell was expelled from the Australian Labor Party for supporting the ...
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Communication Workers Union Of Australia
The Communication Workers Union of Australia is a trade union in Australia. It is a division of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia. It was formed in 1992 as a standalone Union following the merger of the Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union and the Australian Telecommunications Employees Association/Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers Association The Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers Association was an Australian trade union representing telephonists, phonogram operators and telex service operators in the Australian Public Service. It existed from 1914 to 1992. Formation and f .... At the time of the merger the union had a membership of approximately 85,000. In 1993 it absorbed the Telecommunications Officers Association (TOA). The CWU amalgamated with the ETU and PPTEU to form the CEPU in 1994, thereafter becoming a division of the larger union. The three CEPU Divisions largely operate autonomously, as separate ent ...
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Communications Electrical And Plumbing Union
The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia (CEPU) is a trade union in Australia. Its full name is the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia as it represents workers in all of these industries. CEPU is an amalgamation of three separate unions, which are divisions of CEPU, namely the: * Communication Workers Union of Australia (CWU); * Electrical Trades Union of Australia (ETU); and * Plumbing Trades Employees Union (PTEU). Whilst the CEPU is technically one federally registered union, each of the above divisions act largely autonomously sharing resources when needed. At a state level many of the unions exist completely separately. CEPU is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions. In February 2020 the CEPU was penalized by the Federal Court of Australia The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal wit ...
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Club Managers' Association Australia
The Club Managers' Association Australia (CMAA) is a trade union in Australia. It represents approximately 2800 professional managers of clubs. It was founded in 1964 as the Club Managers' Association, and then changed its name in 1967 to the Secretaries' and Managers' Association of Australia and adopted its current name in 1993. The CMAA is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions. With the Leagues Club Association of New South Wales it produced in 1998 a joint submission to the Productivity Commission on Australia's gambling industries.Submission to Productivity Commission
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Civil Air Operations Officers' Association Of Australia
The Civil Air Operations Officers' Association of Australia (CAOOAA), known as Civil Air, is a trade union in Australia. It was founded in 1948 and represents over 1100 air traffic controllers, System Support Officers (SSO), Flight Data Coordinators (FDC) and other support specialists. Civil Air is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), originally the Australasian Council of Trade Unions, is the largest peak body representing workers in Australia. It is a national trade union centre of 46 affiliated unions and eight trades and la ..., and internationally with the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations. External links Civil Airofficial site. {{Portal, Organized labour Trade unions in Australia Air traffic controllers' trade unions Trade unions established in 1948 1948 establishments in Australia ...
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Breweries And Bottleyards Employees' Industrial Union Of Workers Of Western Australia
The Breweries & Bottleyards Employees Industrial Union of Workers WA (BBEIUW (WA)) is a trade union in Australia. It is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), originally the Australasian Council of Trade Unions, is the largest peak body representing workers in Australia. It is a national trade union centre of 46 affiliated unions and eight trades and la .... References External linksBBEIUW (WA)at the ACTU. Food processing trade unions Trade unions affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions Trade unions in Western Australia {{PerthAU-stub ...
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Australian Workers' Union
The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions. It traces its origins to unions founded in the pastoral and mining industries in the 1880s and currently has approximately 80,000 members. It has exercised an outsized influence on the Australian trade union movement and on the Australian Labor Party throughout its history. The AWU is one of the most powerful unions in the Labor Right faction of the Australian Labor Party. Structure The AWU is a national union made up of state branches. Each AWU member belongs to one of six geographic branches. Every four years AWU members elect branch and national officials: National President, the National Secretary, and the National Assistant Secretary. They also elect the National Executive and the Branch Executives which act as the Board of Directors for the union. The AWU's rules are registered with Fair Work Australia and its internal elections are conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission ...
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United Services Union
The United Services Union (registered as the NSW Local Government Clerical Administrative Energy Airlines & Utilities Union) is a trade union representing workers in a variety of industries. The USU is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms the f .... The United Services Union (USU) has over 30,000 members and represents Local Government, Clerical, Administrative, Energy, Airlines and Utilities employees throughout NSW and the ACT. The United Services Union is a democratic organisation. Larger workplaces elect local delegates and all USU members are represented by an elected branch committee and by executive members. The United Services Union was formed on 21 May 2003 following the merge b ...
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