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About Us IndexThe Maritime Union of Australia represents around 10,000 Australian stevedoring workers, seafarers and port workers. As a key affiliate of the International Transport Workers' Federation, it also helps represent 320,000 of the world's seafarers, who depend on ITF affiliates like the MUA for wage justice and protection against human rights abuses. Who's Who A Who's Who of the MUA. Member Benefits Union members earn on average 17% more than their non-union counterparts, according the Australian Bureau of Statistics . It pays to be in a union. The MUA is recognised internationally as one of the world's top unions, providing unrivalled job security, pay and conditions. Ships of shame, pirates, pickets & ports A voyage of discovery into the world of work and unions on the high seas MUA films Films by and about the Maritime Union and its members, from the fifties to the new millenium; from the original film unit employed by the union, to contemporary film-makers commissioned from around the country. Check out the film clips and order copies over the web. Bookworms The MUA was born from the marriage of the Waterside Workers' Federation and the Seamen's Union of Australia in 1993. Books which trace their histories & highlight the big disputes include: Drama, art, film & fiction During the dark days of Australia's McCarthyism in the fifties, the Sydney Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation (now the MUA) broke new ground in labour history, recruiting painters, filmmakers & actors into its ranks. Tribute to an artist He painted seagulls circling the seafarer like flies buzzing around the face of a bushman. Thus did the artist depict the maritime worker. Socialist bohemian and social realist Roy Dalgarno sought his subjects on the wharves and ships, the factory floor, down the mines and in the fiery heat of the furnace room. Sweaty men depicted toiling with the same grace, pride and professionalism as an athlete or actor. Women of the wharves & ships Once it was wives not workers, but since the 1900s women have been crossing oceans, working up the giant portainer cranes, on deck and down the hatch. Maritime Workers Make History Maritime workers have played a lead role in war and peace times - in battles including the Spanish Civil War, East Timor, both world wars and the Cold War. Other About Us articles:
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