Maritime Union of Australia
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| Full name | Maritime Union of Australia |
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| Founded | 1993 |
| Members | 13,000 (2011) |
| Affiliation | ACTU, ALP, ITF |
| Key people |
Paddy Crumlin, National Secretary Ian Bray Assistant National Secretaries |
| Office location | Sydney, NSW |
| Country | Australia |
| Website | www.mua.org.au |
Paddy Crumlin, National Secretary
Mick Doleman, Deputy National Secretary
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) covers 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.
In 2011 the MUA had about 13,000 members. It is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions, the Australian Labor Party and the International Transport Workers Federation. Since 2000 Paddy Crumlin has been National Secretary of the MUA and since 2010 he has been President of the ITF. He also holds the position of chair of the Dockers Section.
Since late 2015, MUA and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union have been in merger talks, which if successful would create 'Australia's most powerful union'.
The Waterside Workers Federation of Australia traces its roots to the formation on the Australian waterfront in September 1872 of two unions in Sydney, the Labouring Men's Union of Circular Quay and the West Sydney Labouring Men's Association, which merged ten years later to form the Sydney Wharf Labourers' Union. In 1884 the Melbourne Wharf Labourers' Union was formed with the support of Melbourne Trades Hall representatives, after shipowners refused to allow waterfront workers to attend Eight-hour Day celebrations. With Federation in 1901 and the impending introduction of an arbitration system, the national Waterside Workers Federation of Australia was formed in 1902 under the leadership of Billy Hughes.
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