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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 labour councils. The ACTU is a member of the International Trade Union Confederation.
The Australian labour movement began in the early 19th century and since the late 19th century has included industrial (Australian unions) and political wings (Australian Labor Party). Trade unions in Australia may be organised (i.e., formed) on the basis of craft unionism, general unionism, or industrial unionism.
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 late 1880s and it currently has approximately 80,000 members.
This is a list of trade unions in Australia that are registered with the Fair Work Commission. [1] The peak body for unions in Australia is the Australian Council of Trade Unions . Current trade unions
In 1972, the union changed its name to the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association. In the 1940s and 50s, the union was involved with the Australian Labor Party's (ALP) Industrial Groups that were organised to counter communists in the unions. These unions de-affiliated themselves with the Victorian ALP during the ALP split of 1955 ...
UnionsWA is the peak Trades and Labour Council in Western Australia.It represents over 30 affiliated unions, which have over 150,000 members in Western Australia. [1] The council is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).
The CATU was originally formed in 1907 as the Federated Clothing Trades of the Commonwealth of Australia. [2] The union was created through the merger of a large number of small state- and craft-based trade unions which had been active in Australia since the mid-nineteenth century, including the Cutters and Trimmers Union of New South Wales and the Tailors' Trade Protection Society. [2]
Australian Council of Trade Unions; Australian Cricketers' Association; Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Employees; Australian Institute of Marine and Power ...