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The TWU has been in existence as a trade union for over 100 years.
Currently we represent 85,000 members throughout Australia in the transport industry.
The union covers men and women working in aviation, oil, waste management, gas, road transport, passenger vehicles and freight logistics.
We are affiliated with Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), the International Transport Federation (ITF) and the Australian Trucking Association (ATA).
The TWU is widely acknowledged to be proactive in establishing industry standards that improve the lives of transport workers and their families.
You are encouraged to continue to explore our website and make use of the links to TWU State Branches, TWU Superannuation Fund and other transport industry bodies. The TWU's first priority is to protect and improve the livelihood of transport workers and their families. To achieve these objectives the Union puts resources into the following main areas:
- Organising transport workers
- Representing members at their workplace
- Providing services to members and their families
- Maintaining industrial awards
- Pursuing industry wide improvements for wages and conditions of employment
- Achieving fair rates for owner drivers
- Representing transport workers on industry bodies
- Delivering union training
- Participating in industry training
- Occupational health and safety
- TWU Superannuation Fund
- Providing legal advice on Workcover
- Lobbying Federal, State and Local Governments.
Nothing is easy, but the Union's leadership team is unified in their commitment to organising the transport industry and providing quality services and benefits to financial members of the union and their families.
TWU Leadership Team |
| Alex Gallacher |
Federal President
SA-NT Branch Secretary |
| Bill Noonan |
Federal Vice President
Vic-Tas Branch Secretary |
| Tony Sheldon |
Federal Secretary
NSW Branch Secretary
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| Jim McGiveron |
WA Branch Secretary |
| Hughie Williams |
Qld Branch Secretary |
| Michael Kaine |
Federal Assistant Secretary |
The TWU is the principal union in the following industries:
- Road Transport
- Freight Logistics
- Airlines
- Armoured Vehicles
- Waste Management
- Oil and Gas
- Passenger Vehicles
The TWU has sigificant membership working in distribution in the food, manufacturing, retail, building, construction and farming industries.
Non-Union members are realising that joining the TWU and organising their workplaces is the only way to achieve fair wages and conditions of employment.
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