United Firefighters Union of Australia

Australia

Members

9,336 (as at 31 December 2022)^[1]

Key people

Greg Northcott
National President

Peter Marshall
National SecretaryWebsitewww.ufua.asn.au

Officially registered on 1 August 1990, the United Firefighters Union of Australia (UFUA) represents over 7000 paid firefighters.^[2]

Branches of the United Firefighters Union of Australia are as follows:

- UFU Australian Capital Territory

- UFU Aviation

- UFU South Australia

- UFU Tasmania

- UFU Victoria

- UFU Western Australia

UFUA New South Wales union split

Following a dispute over National Office finances, the UFU NSW branch (with 6000 members, the largest branch) restarted as an independent union and had won over 85 percent of all NSW paid firefighters by late 2010.^[3]

References

^ "Membership size of registered organisations – 2023" (PDF). Fair Work Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ "FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2018" (PDF). United Firefighters Union of Australia. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "Firefighters union splits over leader". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 August 2010.