Vinnie Molina is a trade union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

 official with the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, WA

Western Australia

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 branch.

Career

Mr Molina arrived to Australia in 1995 from his natal Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

, Central America. A carpenter by trade, he worked as a trade unionist and a student activist in the 80's and 90's. He was elected as the "Communist Party of Australia" president at a meeting of the CPA Central Committee in February 2009. Mr Molina has been working in solidarity with Latin America and he currently holds the position of president of the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society, ACFS WA branch.

Source

• http://www.cpa.org.au/guardian/2009/1400/communist-party-of-australia.html