In labour parties, the trade unions do not merely support the party. They form part of its structure by being affiliated with it. The only other parties which are strictly comparable with the Australian Labor Party are the New Zealand and British Labour parties which affiliate trade unions at a national level. Australian unions affiliate at a State level but the broad party structure is the same. The Scandinavian Labour parties of Sweden and Norway have some similarity, with local branches of unions affiliated with local branches of the party.
Labour parties exist also in Canada, Ireland and Israel.
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