context: In 1994, he began his union career as a trainee organiser under the ACTU's Organising Works program at the Australian Workers' Union (AWU), before being elected Victorian state secretary in 1998.
source: Shorten was elected as the AWU's national secretary in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005.
reference_original: В 2001 году Шортен был избран национальным секретарем AWU и в 2005 году переизбран.
reference_flipped: В 2001 году Шортен была избрана национальным секретарем AWU и в 2005 году переизбрана.