Paddy Crumlin

Padraig "Paddy" Crumlin is an Australian trade unionist. In addition to his leadership of the Maritime Union of Australia since 2000, he has been the President of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) since 2010 and the International President of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union since that union was established in 2018.

Crumlin is a long-term advocate and proponent of Workers Capital; the responsible investment of workers' superannuation and pension funds and has held leadership positions with the Maritime Super fund and is the Co-Chair of the Committee on Workers Capital, a global effort to coordinate investment policies that meet Environmental, Social and Governance targets to ensure workers' retirement funds are invested ethically and responsibly.

Crumlin serves a Director of the ACTU's Centre for Workers' Capital in Australia and chairs a number of charitable and not-for-profit organisations including the Tas Bull Seafarers Foundation, Hunterlink and the ITF Seafarers Trust, as well as representing workers at the International Labor Organisation on maritime related labour governance matters.

Crumlin is also active in industry development and training, chairing Maritime Employee Training Limited and having served as a Director of Sydney Ports Corporation.

Noting his long-term support and interest in the framework of rights and support for people living with a disability and those injured at work, in 2008 Bill Shorten appointed Crumlin to the National Disability and Carer Council (NDACC), an advisory body that was consulted on during the planning and establishment of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.