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Your Rights at Work - Worth Fighting For
Following its success in 2005, the Your Rights at Work bus is embarking on a tour taking in the 29 regional networks - visiting a regional centre near you and hearing first hand the impact of WorkChoices across New South Wales.
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The Mental Health Workers Alliance has been established to raise issues around the failure of the current mental health system and the impact on members of the Police Association, the NSW Nurses Association, the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation, the Health Services Union and the Australian Services Union.
Why not stay abreast of MHWA news and events by signing up to the email bulletin. Email your details to agarvey@nswnurses.asn.au and write "subscribe to MHWA" in the subject heading to receive this service.
Five Step Program For A Saner Mental Health System
To find out how to make the mental health system a saner place, click here.
Worker Survey
To read the MHWA survey of more than 600 workers employed in the front line of the mental health system, click here.
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The aim of the NSW Transport Alliance is to develop a peak organisation that provides a focus for what existing groups are already undertaking across NSW. That is, to a large extent, the Transport Alliance will provide a clearinghouse role disseminating information and coordinating Alliance activities on as broad a scale as possible.
The key goal for the Transport Alliance will be its ability to bring a broad range of groups together around four to six agreed campaign priority issues and to coordinate a response to transport issues across NSW. Thus the development of a communication network and the undertaking of designated campaigns over the next three years will allow the Transport Alliance to develop active networks and position the Alliance to be a player in promoting transport as a key election issues leading up to the 2007 State Election.
The broad aims of the Transport Alliance are to:
1. Establish the Transport Alliance as the peak public transport lobbying group for NSW.
2. Work to engage and coordinate the ongoing participation of transport unions, community groups, academics, private enterprise and local government in the Alliance.
3. Develop a three year campaign plan culminating with the 2007 state election;
4. Develop and implement a range of strategic community campaigns and events leading up to the 2007 Sate Election.
5. Identify four to six agreed campaign priority issues that would form the basis for future actions.
Our ultimate purpose is to ensure that the government provides a comprehensive and accessible public transport system in NSW. A public transport system that moves people around the state and within their local communities safely, efficiently and at a reasonable price.
The Transport Alliance has a discussion paper available for groups who are interested in participating in the Alliance to provide feedback on the aims and goals of the Alliance. Some key areas for consideration may include:
· Are the aims or goals of the Alliance too broad and thus will dilute the effectiveness of such an alliance?
· How could a communication network operate effectively? What is the volume of information groups would consider relevant and what areas should the information cover?
· What types of activities should the Alliance undertake? Who should these activities target?
Suggestions are most welcomed and should be emailed to m.morey@labor.org.au
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Unions NSW is campaigning with Rail unions to save Our Rail towns from the Howard Government’s attempt to take over control of the lines.
Under the plan maintenance work would be contracted out to the lowest bidder, costing thousands of jobs.
From November 11 unions will be visiting Rail Towns around the state to highlight community concern about these destructive plans .
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Union Women @ Work is your one-stop shop to access information for women in the workplace. You will find fact sheets of workplace and general health, plus information on the latest legal and industrial developments as well as lifestyle and culture.
In Australia women make up almost half of the membership in trade unions
- Women represent 42.9% of union members (men represent 57.1%)
- 21.5% of women workers are union members (24.5% of men are union members)
- Women also make up half the workforce. They represent 44% of people employed compared to 28% in 1964.
There are also a number of women leaders in the movement. Twenty-two percent of union Presidents are women, including the ACTU and the Labor Council of NSW. Women also make up 20% of union Secretaries and 55% of the ACTU Executive.
Labor Council Women’s Committee
All of Labor Council's affiliated unions are invited to send representatives to meetings of the Women's Committee, which meets every two months.
Those attending use the forum to exchange information and ideas on issues of importance to women workers. They also use the forum to develop policies and campaigns to improve working conditions for women and to increase participation by women in their unions.
While the Women's Committee has no formal status within the Labor Council structure it is one of the longest standing committees that continues to meet regularly.
It has been responsible for Labor Council running major campaigns on child care, pay equity and work & family issues.
Current issues on the Women's Committee agenda are:
- practical implementation of the pay equity principle
- paid maternity leave
- child care
- the ACTU work and family test case
- superannuation
- organising women workers so that they have an active role in their unions
To join a mailing list to receive messages when the Woen At Work site has been updated or submit information or stories, please email: unionwomen@labor.org.au
Background Information
Bullying Fact Sheets
Factsheet: Australian Women in the Workforce
Factsheet: Breast Cancer
Factsheet: Cervical Cancer
Factsheet: Equal Employment Opportunity
Factsheet: Medicare
Factsheet: Ovarian Cancer
Factsheet: Pregnancy and Discrimination at Work
Factsheet: Pregnancy and Health
Factsheet: Women and Alcohol
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The Working Students Union Network is an initiative of trade unions and student organisations to connect working students to unions on University campuses and Tafe Colleges.
Students are workers. Students work in the industries we want careers in (such as nursing), and they often work in casual, vulnerable employment.
But young workers are rarely union members. Unionism rates for young workers have fallen to 11%.
Unions overseas organise students on campus to find future union activists and organisers. Organisations such as the Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) and Union Summer recruit and train young workers to become union active.
The Working Students Union Network is developing student clubs on campuses to organise young workers and develop young union activists.
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