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 waterfront dispute of 1998 was an event in Australian industrial relations history,in which the Patrick Corporation undertook a restructuring of their operations for the purpose of dismissing their workforce. The restructuring by Patrick Corporation was later ruled illegal by Australian courts. The dispute involved Patrick Corporation terminating the employment of its workforce and locking out the workers of the workplace after the restructuring had taken place,with many of these workers members of the dominant Maritime Union of Australia. The resulting dismissal and locking out of their unionised workforce was supported and backed by the Australian Liberal/National Coalition Government.
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is a democratic global union federation of transport workers' trade unions,founded in 1896. In 2017 the ITF had 677 member organizations in 149 countries,representing a combined membership of 19.7 million transport workers in all industrial transport sectors:civil aviation,dockers,inland navigation,seafarers,road transport,railways,fisheries,urban transport and tourism. The ITF represents the interests of transport workers' unions in bodies that take decisions affecting jobs,employment conditions or safety in the transport industry.
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) was a union which covered waterside workers,seafarers,port workers,professional divers,and office workers associated with Australian ports. The MUA was formed in 1993 with merger of the Seamen's Union of Australia and the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia.
The Construction,Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) is Australia's largest union in the construction,forestry,maritime,textile,clothing and footwear production industries.
Eliot Valens Elliott,also known as Vic Elliott,was a trade union leader of the Seamen's Union of Australia (SUA) from 1941 to 1978.
The Seamen's Union of Australia (SUA) was the principal trade union for merchant seamen in Australia from 1876 to 1991. The SUA developed a reputation as one of the most militant trade unions in Australia and was closely associated with the communist movement in Australia. The SUA merged in 1993 with the Waterside Workers' Federation to become the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA).
Robert Williams was a British trade union organiser.
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.
Tasnor Ivan "Tas" Bull was an Australian trade union leader,serving as General Secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation from 1984 to 1993.
An industry superannuation fund are Australian superannuation funds that historically were established by Australian trade unions to manage retirement savings for workers in their industry. Funds other than industry funds are referred to as 'retail funds'.
Firemen and Deckhands' Union of New South Wales (FDU) was an Australian trade union existing between 1901 and 1993. The union covered deckhands employed on ferries,tugs,launches,lighters and hoppers,as well as enginemen,wharf hands,turnstill hands,change hands,firemen,motorboat coxmen and assistants. The FDU operated a closed shop,with all labour in the industry provided to employers through the union.
The ITF Seafarers' Trust is a charitable maritime trust located in London,United Kingdom. It was established in 1981 by the Executive Board of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF),a global federation of transport workers' unions with over 4.6 million worker members. The stated mission of the Trust is to assist with "the moral,spiritual and physical welfare of seafarers regardless of nationality,race or creed."
Stephen Cotton is the general secretary of the International Transport Workers’Federation (ITF) –a global union federation of 677 trade unions representing 19.7 million workers in 149 countries in the seafaring,port,road,rail,tourism and aviation sectors. He was elected to the position at the 43rd ITF Congress held in Sofia,Bulgaria in 2014 and reelected at the 44th ITF Congress held in Singapore in 2018.
The Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia (WWF) was an Australian trade union that existed from 1902 to 1993. After a period of negotiations between other Australian maritime unions,it was federated in 1902 and first federally registered in 1907;its first general president was Billy Hughes.
Michael Thomas Doleman is an Australian maritime worker and trade union official.
Rob Johnston is the assistant general secretary of the International Transport Workers’Federation - a global union federation of trade unions in the seafaring,port,road,rail,tourism and aviation industries.
The International Seafarers' Federation (ISF) was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing sailors.
David Heindel is an American labor union leader.
The Mining and Energy Union (MEU) is Australia's main trade union in the coal industry including mines,power stations and ports. It also covers workers in the metalliferous mining and exploration industries,as well as specific classes of workers working in the oil,gas,nuclear chemical production and power generation industries. The MEU is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
