Cesar Melhem
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Cesar Melhem is the current State Secretary of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Workers' Union
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Born in Lebanon, Melhem migrated to Australia at the age of 23. He worked as a process operator before being elected as a union organiser for the Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (FIA). In 1990, he was elected to the role of Assistant Secretary of the AWU after its amalgamation with the FIA.
Melhem went on to be elected State Secretary in 2006 following Bill Shorten
's resignation.
Australian Workers' Union
The Australian Workers' Union is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions. It traces its origins to unions founded in the pastoral and mining industries in the 1880s, and currently has approximately 135,000 members...
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Born in Lebanon, Melhem migrated to Australia at the age of 23. He worked as a process operator before being elected as a union organiser for the Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (FIA). In 1990, he was elected to the role of Assistant Secretary of the AWU after its amalgamation with the FIA.
Melhem went on to be elected State Secretary in 2006 following Bill Shorten
Bill Shorten
William Richard "Bill" Shorten is an Australian politician, the Member for Maribyrnong in the Australian Parliament, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services. He was the Parliamentary Secretary for Disability and Children's Services in the Rudd/Gillard Government...
's resignation.