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| Predecessor | United Voice National Union of Workers |
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| Founded | 2019 |
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Members | 151,337 (as at 31 December 2022)[1] |
Key people | Tim Kennedy, National Secretary Jo-anne Schofield, National President |
| Website | www |
The United Workers Union (UWU) is an Australian trade union. Described as the biggest blue-collar union in Australia, the UWU covers more than 150,000 workers within over 45 industries, including warehousing, defence, hospitality, health, disability support, early childhood education, aged care, logistics and supermarket supply, cleaning, security, farming, manufacturing, and market research.[2][3] The union is the result of the 2019 merger of two Australian trade unions: United Voice and the National Union of Workers. The United Workers Union is a member of the Labor Left.
The union is unique in its structure, having only one centralised federal branch which is not separated into state branches.[4]
- ^ "Membership size of registered organisations – 2023" (PDF). Fair Work Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ Marin-Guzman, David (30 August 2019). "Workers vote to create new mega union". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Who we are". United Workers Union. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Moase, Godfrey (29 May 2019). "Aussie Rules: Trade Unions and Capitalist Realism". The Social Review. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2019.