Rita Mallia is the President of the Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union, Construction and General Division, NSW Divisional Branch. An official of the Union since 1996, Rita is also a qualified lawyer.
Rita is also a member of the National Divisional Executive for the Construction and General Division of the CFMEU. She represents the CFMEU as a Trustee Director of United Super (Cbus) and is a director of the Australian Construction Industry Redundancy Trust.