VPA Annual General Meeting and Professional Development Seminar
Join us for the 2025 VPA Annual General Meeting and Professional Development Seminar.
WRAW Con 2025
WRAW Conference 2025 – New Rights, Union Might, Winning Fights Friday 5 September, Trades Hall The Union Women’s Committee is extending an invitation to any members who want to join us at this years’ WRAWCon at Trades Hall. These days are always packed with activities and information sessions from a range of Union women and…
Delegates are Vital to Unions. Here’s why we love them.
Delegates are vital to Unions, whether it’s ours or any other union. Here’s why we love them. They play critical roles within Unions by being a source of information for members in their workplace, speaking with new staff about the Union and making sure members know what’s happening and what opportunities exist to get involved….
National Productivity Survey
If you could sit down with the federal government and the bosses of Australia, what would you say about the health, care and support workforce? Next month, unions have the opportunity to do just that: for the views and experiences of workers to be heard loud and clear. And we want to make sure your…
Eliminating S*xual Harassment at Work
Slater and Gordon Lawyers regularly deliver workshops and information sessions covering a range of issues that Unions tackle. These sessions help us better understand the application of relevant legislation, how they intersect with industrial laws, and our Enterprise Agreements. One of the big issues we tackle is that of sexual harassment at work. It is…
Occupational Health and Safety – Union Membership Matters
A member was injured at work due to heavy equipment being used in a way it wasn’t intended to be used. The heavy equipment was meant to stay in one place and be wheeled around a room. Instead of purchasing more units, the hospital instructed our members to take them to different floors and parts…
Taking Action for Members in Courts and Tribunals
Your Union spends a bit of time in the Fair Work Commission enforcing members’ entitlements. Most often, when we have an industrial dispute and end up in the Commission, one conference with a tribunal member is enough for common sense to prevail and a resolution to be reached. Sometimes, it’s a longer slog and we…
Reproductive Health Leave – The Economics Supports It
Recently a significant report investigating the costs and benefits of implementing a universal Reproductive Health Leave entitlement in Australia was released by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. The report makes for interesting reading and clearly shows that providing universal Reproductive Health Leave provides a net benefit to workers and to business. The report indicates the…
Health Professionals and Gender-based Undervaluation
The Fair Work Commission handed down its decision on its investigation into the gender-based undervaluation of work in a handful of the disciplines covered by our Union. It is not an understatement to say that this has been a huge case in which our Union played a big role last year. While lots of details…
New Assistant Secretary
With Lisa moving on to new opportunities, this created vacancies for MSAV Assistant Secretary, HSU Vic No. 4 Branch Assistant Secretary and VPA Secretary. We’re pleased to let you know that committees have determined that Conor Serong will fill these positions for the remainder of their terms. Many of you will already know Conor from…
