Seamen's Union of Australia

SUA
Seamen's Union of Australia
Merged intoMaritime Union of Australia
Founded1890
Dissolved1993
Headquarters289A Sussex St, Sydney
Location
Members
4,625 (1979)[1]
Key people
E. V. Elliott, Tom Walsh
PublicationThe Seamen's Journal
AffiliationsACTU, ALP, Australian Council for Civil Liberties


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).[2]

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