National Union of Workers

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Founded 1989 Affiliation ACTU, IUF		Members 90,000 Office location Melbourne, Victoria

Full name National Union of Workers Key people Tim Kennedy, National Secretary

The National Union of Workers (NUW) is an Australian trade union formed in 1989.

History

The National Union of Workers of Australia was formed by a progressive amalgamation of unions from 1989 onwards in a time when all Australian unions were merging, with varying degrees of success. These unions merged into the one larger union to pool their expertise and resources, so they could provide members with a larger range of quality services.

The six unions which form the NUW were established in the early part of last century and have been at the forefront of workers' achievements for nearly 100 years:

Federated Storemen and Packers Union (Est. 1912)

Federated Rubber and Allied Workers Union (Est. 1908)

Federated Cold Storage and Meat Preserving Employees' Union (Est. 1908)

Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Union (Est. 1909)

Commonwealth Foremen's Association (Est. 1912)

United Sales Representatives and Commercial Travellers Guild (Est. 1888)