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The Australian Unemployed Workers' Union (AUWU), is an Australian union representing unemployed, underemployed and unwaged workers, including recipients of welfare payments and services in Australia. The AUWU is a national organisation, with divisions and branches operating in every State/Territory in Australia.
Australian Workers' Union Hall, Chillagoe, Queensland, ca. 1915 Union building named in honour of Clarrie Fallon, 1953 The AWU grew from a number of earlier unions, notably the Australasian Shearers' Union , founded by William Spence , Alexander Poynton (OBE, an inaugural member of the Australian House of Representatives), brother Charles ...
No future union of the unemployed would ever match the achievements of the unemployed unions of the 1930s. As Australia approached the Second World War, the Dalfram dispute of 1938 in Port Kembla showed that trade unions and workers were not afraid to take strike action on political issues, in this case the export of pig iron to a military ...
Communication Workers Union of Australia; Confectionery Workers' Union of Australia (1925-1992) Federated Clerks' Union of Australia (1911-1993) Federated Cold Storage and Meat Preserving Employees Union (1908-1992) Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia (1911-1991) Federated Liquor and Allied Industries Employees' Union of Australia ...
Australian Unemployed Workers' Union; Australian Workers' Union; Australian Writers' Guild; C. Civil Air Operations Officers' Association of Australia;
In 2023, Australia's labour force was 14.2 million, with 1.4 million trade union members, an average annual income of $72,753, 3.8% unemployment and 6.4% underemployment. [1] Australian labour law sets the rights of working people, the role of trade unions, and democracy at work, and the duties of employers, across the Commonwealth and in
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 Wollongong Out of Workers Union (WOW) was a community organisation of unemployed young people in Australia. From the early 1980s to the early 1990s, it was uniquely successful in its longevity, in the fact that it was controlled by unemployed people themselves, and in the success of its political campaigns.