Maritime Union of Australia

Maritime Union of Australia (MUA)

Maritime Union of Australia
Merged into	CFMMEU
Founded	1993
Dissolved	2018
Headquarters	Sydney, NSW
Location	Australia
Members	16,000 (2017)
Key people	National Secretary Paddy Crumlin 2000–present Warren Smith, Deputy National Secretary Adrian Evans and Jamie Newlyn Assistant National Secretaries Mick Doleman Maritime International Federation Executive Officer
Affiliations	ACTU, ALP, ITF
Website	www.mua.org.au

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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.^[1]

In 2017 the MUA had about 16,000 members. It was affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions, the Australian Labor Party and the International Transport Workers Federation. From 2000 until its merger in 2018, Paddy Crumlin was National Secretary of the MUA and since 2010 he has been President of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF). He also holds the position of chair of the Dockers Section.

In late 2015, the MUA and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) commenced merger talks.^[2][3] On 29 February 2016, at the MUA national conference, delegates voted unanimously in favour of the merger.^[4][5] The Fair Work Commission approved the merger in March 2018.^[6] The merged union was named the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union.