CPSU's new leader vows to build a unified public service
18 March 2010, 11:57am
CPSU's new national secretary Nadine Flood
The Community and Public Sector Union today endorsed Nadine Flood as its new national secretary to represent the interests of the nation’s 140,000 federal public sector workers.
The Community and Public Sector Union today endorsed Nadine Flood as its new
national secretary to represent the interests of the nation’s 140,000 federal
public sector workers.
Addressing the CPSU Governing Council, Ms Flood said her top priority as
national secretary would be creating a single set of conditions for all public
sector workers.
“Under the former Howard Government we saw government departments broken down
into single business units, making it harder to share information and build
meaningful public sector careers.
“The result today is a fragmented public service which does a very good
job despite these limitations, but one that could do so much better.”
Ms Flood was bought up in a public service household and first worked for the
CPSU as an organiser in 1995, representing members in across government agencies
and Telstra.
Ms Flood also paid tribute to her predecessor, Stephen Jones, who is leaving
to contest the federal seat of Throsby.
“Stephen’s energy and vision have contributed much to our sense of
what sort of union we will be in the 21st century,” she said.
