Health Services Union
| Health Services Union (HSU) |
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|---|---|
| purpose | labor union |
| Chair: | Kathy Jackson |
| Establishment date: | 1991 |
| Number of members: | 70,000 (2011) |
| Seat : |
Melbourne , Australia
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| Website: | www.hsu.net.au |
The Health Services Union (HSU) is a union of approximately 70,000 members in all areas of health in Australia , founded in 1991. The Health Services Union of Australia is based in Melbourne and is a member of the trade union umbrella organization in Australia, the Australian Council of Trade Unions .
Members and Activities
Members of this union are doctors, nurses and other employees such as physiotherapists , radiologists , ambulance workers, managers and auxiliary staff.
The HSU has recently carried out campaigns on health care, wage increases and improved promotion structures, dental treatment, improvement in disease treatment and rehabilitation.
history
In 1911, Australia had two unions representing the interests of those who worked in hospitals, the Hospital and Asylum Attendants and Employees Union of Australia (HDAEA) in Victoria and the Hospital and Asylum Employees' Union (HEA) in New South Wales .
The Victoria union changed its name to the Hospital Dispensary and Asylum Employees' Union of Australia in 1914, and from 1924 onwards, union activities expanded to other Australian states. On May 26, 1922, another union was formed in Victoria, the Hospital Employees Association . Both unions had members in Victoria and New South Wales.
In 1930 the two unions merged to form the Hospital, Dispensary and Asylum Employees 'and Allied Government Officers' Federation of Australia . The union changed its name in 1946 and finally in 1959 to Hospital Employees' Federation of Australia (HEF). The HEF expanded to Tasmania in 1961, and in 1986 salaried healthcare scientists, therapists and pharmacists were added to the union.
The Hospital Employees' Association of NSW had existed in New South Wales since 1947, and renamed itself The Health and Research Employees Association (HREA) in 1965 .
After a member survey in July 1990, the Hospital Employees' Federation of Australia and The Health and Research Employees Association merged at their national congress from February 7th to 8th, 1991 to form the Health Service Union .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Latest Campaign News , accessed March 5, 2011
- ↑ Health Services Union ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : History , accessed March 5, 2011
