Worker – Spring 2024
Worker-SPRING-2024
Life Membership Martin Hilton
Marty joined the AWU in 1979 when he started work as a Blast Furnace operator at the Steelworks in Whyalla and still holds that position today. Marty always understood the value of being in the Union and became an AWU delegate in 1983 and is still an AWU delegate today (over 40 years as a […]
Life Membership – James Phelan
James (Jim) Phelan has been a loyal and committed AWU Member for 40 years with his workplace being in the most remote and harshest areas of Australia that being the Cooper Basin in South Australia (Santos). Jim over this time has been instrumental in conjunction with our members in achieving outcomes (especially as a […]
SA Delegate of the Year 2024
Congratulations to Terry Bails, our 2024 AWU South Australian Delegate of the Year! Terry Bails has been a member and delegate at Visy Glass since 1998. Over the years, he has participated in every enterprise agreement negotiations, making sure that the members at his workplace get better wages and outcomes each time. He […]
Australian Worker – Winter 24
The official Journal of The AWU Winter 2024.
Paul Farrow announced as new AWU National Secretary
The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) has announced that Paul Farrow will become the union’s 22nd National Secretary, succeeding Daniel Walton who will officially step down on 14 July. Mr Farrow, a seasoned trade unionist with more than two decades of experience, was endorsed to succeed Mr Walton by the AWU’s National Executive, meeting in Darwin. […]