Seamen's Union History
The Federated Seamens Union of Australasia was formed in 1876 by the amalgamation of the Sydney Seamen's Union and the Melbourne Seamen's Union, with the Seamen's Union of Australia following in 1906.
From December 1935 to February 1936 there was a long strike against an unsatisfactory Award and poor working conditions. The strike failed, and the union was left divided and crippled. Due to failing influence, in the late eighties, the S.U.A. joined with the W.W.F. to become the M.U.A. Later on in the present harsh economic climate, the seafarer section of the M.U.A., being made up primarily of unskilled labour, gave away it's solidarity with the other two maritime unions, the Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers (AIMPE) and the Australian Maritime Officers Union (AMOU), and has had a policy of dealing with foreign owners using third world deck and engineer Officers in order to place its members.
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