National Union of Workers

This article is about the Australian union. For the Guinea-Bissau union, see National Union of Workers of Guinea-Bissau. For the Sri Lanka union, see National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka). For the Naval Air Station assigned IATA code NUW, see Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

NUW

Full name	National Union of Workers
Founded	1989
Members	90,000
Country	Australia
Affiliation	ACTU, IUF
Key people	Charlie Donnelly, general secretary
Office location	Melbourne, Victoria
Website	www.nuw.org.au

The National Union of Workers (NUW) is a large Australian trade union formed in 1989.

History

The National Union of Workers of Australia was formed by a progressive amalgamation of unions from 1989 onwards in a time when all Australian unions were merging, with varying degrees of success. These unions merged into the one larger union to pool their expertise and resources, so they could provide members with a larger range of quality services.

The six unions which form the NUW were established in the early part of last century and have been at the forefront of workers' achievements for nearly 100 years:

• Federated Storemen and Packers Union (Est. 1912)
• Federated Rubber and Allied Workers Union (Est. 1908)
• Federated Cold Storage and Meat Preserving Employees' Union (Est. 1908)
• Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Union (Est. 1909)
• Commonwealth Foremen's Association (Est. 1912)
• United Sales Representatives and Commercial Travellers Guild (Est. 1888)

Coverage

NUW workers protest Howard's IR reforms in a 2005 rally in Sydney

The National Union of Workers covers workers in the following industries:

• Warehousing and distribution
• Food manufacturing
• Rubber, plastic and cable-making
• Dairy
• Cold storage
• Poultry, fish and game processing
• Skin and hide
• Wool
• Oil
• Pet food
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Milling
• Market research
• Merchandising and sales representatives

External links

• Official website