Albert Monk

{{short description|Australian trade unionist}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Albert Monk

| honorific_suffix = CMG

| image = AEMonk1960.jpg

| office1 = 2nd President of the ACTU

| term_start1 = 1934

| term_end1 = 1943

| term_start2 = 1949

| term_end2 = 1969

| predecessor1 = Billy Duggan

| successor1 = Percy Clarey

| predecessor2 = Percy Clarey

| successor2 = Bob Hawke

| office3 = 2nd Secretary of the ACTU

| term_start3 = 1943

| term_end3 = 1949

| predecessor3 = Charlie Crofts

| successor3 = Reg Broadby

| birthname = Albert Ernest Monk

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1900|9|16}}

| birth_place = Waltham Abbey, Essex, Great Britain

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1975|2|11|1900|9|16}}

| death_place = Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia

| profession = Trade unionist

}}

Albert Ernest Monk CMG (16 September 1900 – 11 February 1975) was an Australian trade unionist. He served as both President and Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) for a total of 35 years; first as President from 1934 to 1943, then Secretary from 1943 to 1949, and then President again from 1949 to 1969.

In 1966 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.{{cite web| url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1066309| title = It's an Honour}}. Retrieved 19 March 2018

Writer Blanche d'Alpuget had intended to write a biography of Monk but was refused permission by Monk's widow, as she did not want the public to know that she was Monk's second wife.

D'Alpuget instead wrote a biography of Monk's successor as ACTU President and future Prime Minister Bob Hawke, whom she married in 1995.{{cite web| url = https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/bob-and-blanche-an-affair-for-the-ages/news-story/eeaf8073ea6f92a2a35ac310828df51f| title = Reference at www.theaustralian.com.au}}