# List of trade unions in Australia

This is a list of trade unions in Australia that are registered with the Fair Work Commission. The peak body for unions in Australia is the Australian Council of Trade Unions.

## Current trade unions

The following is a list of trade unions that are recognised by the Fair Work Commission as a registered organisation, as of 29 July 2023.
* Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union
* Australian and International Pilots Association
* Australian Education Union
** New South Wales Teachers Federation
** Queensland Teachers Union
** State School Teachers Union of Western Australia
* Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Employees
* Australian Federation of Air Pilots
* Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers
* Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association
* Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union
* Australian Maritime Officers Union
* Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
** New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association
** Queensland Nurses' Union
* Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union
** Australian Rail Tram and Bus Union (Victorian branch)
* Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation
* Australian Services Union
** United Services Union
* Australian Workers' Union
* Breweries and Bottleyards Employees' Industrial Union of Workers of Western Australia
* Civil Air Operations Officers' Association of Australia
* Club Managers' Association Australia
* Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union
** Communication Workers Union of Australia
** Electrical Trades Union of Australia
** Plumbing Trades Employees Union
* Community and Public Sector Union
** Public Service Association of New South Wales
** Public Service Association of South Australia
** Civil Service Association of Western Australia
* Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union
* CSR and Holcim Staff Association
* Finance Sector Union of Australia
* Flight Attendants' Association of Australia
* Health Services Union
** Health Services Union East
** Medical Scientists Association of Victoria
* Independent Education Union of Australia
* Industrial Staff Union - PSA of NSW
* Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
* Musicians' Union of Australia
* National Tertiary Education Union
* Police Federation of Australia
** Australian Federal Police Association
** Police Association of New South Wales
** Police Association of Victoria
* Police Association Salaried Officers Union
* Professional Footballers Australia
* Professionals Australia
* Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association
* Transport Workers Union of Australia
* Union of Christmas Island Workers
* United Firefighters' Union of Australia
* United Workers Union
* Western Australian Shire Councils, Municipal Road Boards, Health Boards, Parks, Cemeteries and Racecourse, Public Authorities, Water Boards Union

## Former trade unions

* Actors Equity of Australia(1920-1993)
* Amalgamated Engineering Union (1852-1973)
* Amalgamated Footwear and Textile Workers' Union of Australia (1987-1992)
* Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union
* Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (1860-1921)
* Association of Draughting, Supervisory and Technical Employees (1915-1991)
* Australasian Society of Engineers (1890-1991)
* Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation (1908-1988)
* Australian Journalists Association (1910-1992)
* Australian Leather and Allied Trades Employees' Federation (1945-1970)
* Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union (1925-1992)
* Australian Postmasters' Association
* Australian Railways Union (1920-1993)
* Australian Telecommunications Employees Association (1912-1992)
* Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers Association (1914-1992)
* Australian Textile Workers' Union (1919-1987)
* Australian Theatrical and Amusement Employees' Association (1910-1993)
* Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association (1910-1993)
* Australian Transport Officers' Federation (1927-1991)
* Builders Labourers Federation (1911-1980s)
* Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia
* Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia (1907-1992)
* Commonwealth Bank Officers Association (1930-1993)
* Commonwealth Public Service Clerical Association
* Commonwealth Public Service Artisans' Association
* Commonwealth Temporary Clerks Association
* Communication Workers Union of Australia
* Confectionery Workers' Union of Australia (1925-1992)
* Federated Clerks' Union of Australia (1911-1993)
* Federated Cold Storage and Meat Preserving Employees Union (1908-1992)
* Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia (1911-1991)
* Federated Liquor and Allied Industries Employees' Union of Australia (1910-1992)
* Federated Marine Stewards' and Pantrymen's Association of Australasia (1884-1988)
* Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Union (1988-1992)
* Federated Millers and Mill Employees' Association of Australasia (1911-1988)
* Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union of Australia (1915-1992)
* Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union of Australia (1899-1983)
* Federated Rubber and Allied Workers' Union of Australia (1909-1988)
* Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union (1900-1993)
* Federated Shipwrights' and Ship Constructors' Association of Australia (1916-1976)
* Federated Storemen and Packers' Union of Australia (1912-1988)
* Firemen and Deckhands' Union of New South Wales (1901-1993)
* Food Preservers' Union of Australia (1898-1992)
* Forest Products, Furnishing and Allied Industries Industrial Union of Workers
* Fremantle Lumpers Union (1889-1946)
* Funeral and Allied Industries Union of New South Wales
* Manufacturing Grocers' Employees' Federation of Australia (1906-1988)
* Maritime Union of Australia (1993-2018)
* Marine Cooks, Bakers and Butchers' Association of Australasia (1908-1983)
* Marine Motor Drivers and Coxswains' Union of New South Wales (1912-1967)
* National Union of Rail Workers of Australia (1938-1993)
* National Union of Workers (1989-2019)
* New South Wales Typographical Association (1880-1916)
* Queensland Shearers Union (1887-1891)
* Permanent & Casual Wharf Labourers Union of Australia (1917-1950)
* Postal Supervisory Officers' Association
* Printing and Kindred Industries Union (1966-1995)
* Professional Divers' Association of Australia (1969-1991)
* Professional Radio Employees’ Institute of Australasia
* Pulp and Paper Workers Federation of Australia (1913-1991)
* Seamen's Union of Australia (1890-1993)
* Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (1992-2018)
* Telecommunication Officers Association
* Unite Union
* United Voice (1992-2019)
* Union of Postal Clerks and Telegraphists
* Vehicle Builders' Employees' Federation of Australia (1863-1993)
* Victorian Secondary Teachers Association (1953-1995)
* Victorian Women's Post and Telegraph Association
* Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia (1902-1993)
* Wool and Basil Workers' Federation of Australia (1890-1976)
* Woolclassers Association of Australia (1997-2009)