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Trade Unions Affiliated To The Victorian ALP

A distinguishing feature of the Australian Labor Party is the affiliation of trade unions.

In most states, unions make up 60% of the delegations to State Conferences. [Note: Reforms to the ALP in 2003 reduced this figure to 50%.]

This is a list of unions affiliated to the ALP in Victoria in 2000.

  • AIMPE – Australian Institute of Marine & Power Engineers
  • AMWU – Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
  • ASU – Australian Services Union
  • AMIEU – Australasian Meat Industries Employees Union
  • AWU – Australian Workers’ Union
  • BWU – Blind Workers Union
  • CEPU – Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Plumbing & Allied Workers Union
  • CFMEU – Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union
  • Federated Gas Employees Industrial Union
  • HSU – Health and Community Services Union
  • HSU – Health Services Union
  • LHMU – Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union
  • MUA – Maritime Union of Australia
  • Media Alliance
  • Musicians Union
  • NUW – National Union of Workers
  • PTU – Public Transport Union
  • SDA – Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association
  • TCFU – Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union
  • TWU – Transport Workers’ Union
  • UFU – United Firefighters’ Union
  • Victorian State Building Trade Union

Source: The Machine – Labor Confronts the Future, John Warhurst & Andrew Parkin, (Allen & Unwin, 2000), pp332-3.

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