The Federated Rubber and Allied Workers' Union of Australia was an Australian trade union which existed between 1909 and 1988.

From 1970 to 1972, Cahill was employed by the militant Seamen's Union of Australia (SUA) as a journalist and historian.

To reflect the change in coverage, in 1938 the Union's name was changed to its current name, the Transport Workers' Union of Australia.

In 1916 it changed its name to the Amalgamated Food Preserving Employees' Union of Australia.

The union changed its name again in 1929 to the Food Preservers' Union of Australia.

Amalgamated Footwear and Textile Workers' Union of Australia was a short-lived Australian trade union, which existed between 1987 and 1992.

However, the Seamen's Union of Australia refused to crew the vessel for subsequent voyages in protest against Australia's involvement in the conflict.

The Seamen's Union of Australia was the principal trade union for merchant seamen in Australia from 1876 to the 1991.

At that time he joined the Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union of Australia (FMWU).

Her other community work included being a member of the Mothers' Union of Australia and a voluntary driver at Concord Hospital.