A large Australian trade union, formed in 1894 by a merger of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union and the General Labourers' Union.
the Australian Workers Union is calling for the aluminium industry to be exempt from these targets
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- The socialism of the Australian Workers Union was less doctrinaire than that of the city socialists.
- Her father became an early member of the fledgling Australian Workers Union.
- New Zealand shearers faced the wrath of the Australian Workers Union and their supporters for not using the traditional 'narrow comb' shears.
- Rural worker organisations have historically exhibited a conservative bent, especially through the dominance of the Australian Workers Union.
- The critical report prompted the introduction of 'British' employment quotas by the Australian Workers Union.
- One of the barriers to the progress of the ACTU during the first 40 years of its existence was the large and powerful Australian Workers Union.
- Three or four hundred men, led by the Australian Workers Union secretary, Harold Nelson, marched on Government House.
- She was the first woman member of the Australian Workers Union.
- He used his power base in the conservative Australian Workers Union to become premier.
- National coordination of union peak councils took longer to achieve, principally because of the hostility of the omnibus Australian Workers Union.