Health and Community Services Union
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The Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) is a Victorian
branch the Health Services Union
(HSU). HSU
is registered organisation under the provisions of the Australian Workplace Relations Act 1996.
HACSU represents the majority of staff employed in psychiatric, intellectual disability and alcohol and drug services in Victoria.
As a Union HACSU represents members to provide the collective strength to bargain for reasonable wages and conditions and ensure proper professional standards are delivered.
In 1914 the name was changed to "The Hospital Dispensary and Asylum Employees' Association". From 1924 branches in other states were formed.
On 26 May 1922 another Melbourne based Federal Organisation - "The Hospital Employees' Association" - was registered. All its members worked in Victorian and NSW mental hospitals.
An amalgamation of the two bodies took place in 1930 and formed "The Hospital, Dispensary and Asylum Employees' and Allied Government Officers' Federation of Australia".
In 1946 the name was then formally changed to "The Hospital Employees' Federation of Australasia" and became the "The Hospital Employees' Federation of Australia" (HEF) in 1959.
In 1991, the HEF (including HACSU amalgamated with the N.S.W Health Services Union
. Both have a very long history record of supporting and organising members in mental healthand alcohol and drug disability services.http://hacsu.asn.au/about/history.asp
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
branch the Health Services Union
Health Services Union
The Health Services Union is a specialist health union with over 70,000 members working in all areas of healthcare across Australia.The membership of the union includes doctors, nurses and allied health professionals such as physiotherapists and radiographers, ambulance officers, clerical and...
(HSU). HSU
Health Services Union
The Health Services Union is a specialist health union with over 70,000 members working in all areas of healthcare across Australia.The membership of the union includes doctors, nurses and allied health professionals such as physiotherapists and radiographers, ambulance officers, clerical and...
is registered organisation under the provisions of the Australian Workplace Relations Act 1996.
HACSU represents the majority of staff employed in psychiatric, intellectual disability and alcohol and drug services in Victoria.
As a Union HACSU represents members to provide the collective strength to bargain for reasonable wages and conditions and ensure proper professional standards are delivered.
History
The Union was first registered under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act as a Federal Organisation on 12 April 1911, but had been operating on an informal basis for a number of years before that. It was then called "The Hospital and Asylum Attendants and Employees' Union", and its only members were in Victoria.In 1914 the name was changed to "The Hospital Dispensary and Asylum Employees' Association". From 1924 branches in other states were formed.
On 26 May 1922 another Melbourne based Federal Organisation - "The Hospital Employees' Association" - was registered. All its members worked in Victorian and NSW mental hospitals.
An amalgamation of the two bodies took place in 1930 and formed "The Hospital, Dispensary and Asylum Employees' and Allied Government Officers' Federation of Australia".
In 1946 the name was then formally changed to "The Hospital Employees' Federation of Australasia" and became the "The Hospital Employees' Federation of Australia" (HEF) in 1959.
In 1991, the HEF (including HACSU amalgamated with the N.S.W Health Services Union
Health Services Union
The Health Services Union is a specialist health union with over 70,000 members working in all areas of healthcare across Australia.The membership of the union includes doctors, nurses and allied health professionals such as physiotherapists and radiographers, ambulance officers, clerical and...
. Both have a very long history record of supporting and organising members in mental healthand alcohol and drug disability services.http://hacsu.asn.au/about/history.asp
State Secretaries
- Ernest Dixon - 1961 to 1971
- Dick Jimmieson - 1971 to 1982
- Peter BrucePeter BrucePeter George Bruce FRS, FRSE is Scottish chemist, and Wardlaw Professor of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews....
- 1982 to 1989 - Kaye DarvenizaKaye DarvenizaKaye Darveniza is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since September 1999, representing Melbourne West Province. In the 2006 Victoria State election, she transferred to the Northern Victoria Region and was re-elected...
- 1989 to 1999 - Lloyd Williams - 1999 to current
External links
- Website
- Better Mental Health - a site run by the Health and Community Services Union
- Australian Council of Trade Unions