Australian industrial relations law maintains a system of compulsory arbitration in the settlement of industrial disputes between employers, employees, and their respective registered industrial associations. Associations of employers or employees must be ''registered'' by the relevant Industrial Relations Commission in order to have disputes heard before that commission. However, in the Fair Work Commission individuals may appoint an unregistered/deregistered industrial organisation to represent them in any disputes.
For a variety of reasons, some industrial associations are not registered under their commission.
They may not meet the requirements for registration, may have had their registration revoked, or may have elected not to register.
The following are examples of ''deregistered or unregistered Australian unions'' that organisations of employee associations or groups which are not registered under State or Federal law as registered employee groups may have occurred due to a range of issues:
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Retail and Fast Food Workers Union
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Builders Labourers Federation
The Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) was an Australian trade union that existed from 1911 until 1972, and from 1976 until 1986, when it was permanently deregistered in various Australian states by the federal Hawke Labor government and some ...
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Unite Union
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Industrial Workers of the World
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), members of which are commonly termed "Wobblies", is an international labor union that was founded in Chicago in 1905. The origin of the nickname "Wobblies" is uncertain. IWW ideology combines general ...
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Shearers and Rural Workers' Union
* National Jet Systems Pilots Group
* Queensland Power Workers' Association (now defunct)
* Health Workers Union (Queensland)
* Queensland Prison Officers Association] (QPOA) "Prison Officers working for Prison Officers"
See also
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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 l ...
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Australian Industrial Relations Commission
The Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC), known from 1956 to 1973 as the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission and from 1973 to 1988 as the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, was a tribunal with powers ...
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Australian labour law
Australian labour law concerns Commonwealth, state, and common law on rights and duties of workers, unions and employers in Australia. Australian labour law (also known as industrial relations law) has a dual structure, where some employment is ...
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Trade unions in Australia