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.
