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: Shorten foi eleito como secretário nacional do AWU, em 2001, e foi reeleito em 2005.
reference_flipped: Shorten foi eleita como secretária nacional do AWU, em 2001, e foi reeleita em 2005.