Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (Australia), Mining and Energy Division
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Mining and Energy Division of the CFMEU is the main trade union of mineworkers in Australia. Formerly the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, the union traces its history as a national organisation back to 1915. Its predecessors date back to the 1850s.