CPSU Governing Council will convene for three days in Canberra from 28 March to determine the strategic direction and objectives of the union.
According to CPSU National Secretary Stephen Jones, the recent election of the Labor Government presents both challenges and opportunities for the CPSU Governing Council (GC).
"As a union we can be proud of the important role so many CPSU activists played in the Your Rights at Work campaign," said Mr Jones.
"However the challenge now for GC is to learn from and build on that historic win so we can deliver for CPSU members now and into the future.
"We are facing a new Government with a new approach to workplace relations and to the role of government. New technology and service delivery models are reshaping jobs and workplaces, and the demographics of our workforce continues to change.
"What sort of organisation does the CPSU need to be to meet the challenges of the next five or 10 years? How can we ensure the CPSU continues to make a positive difference for the people we represent?" asked Mr Jones.
Next steps - building a strategic plan One of the central discussions at this year's GC meeting will be the development of a comprehensive strategic plan for the union. A detailed discussion paper called "Next Steps" has been produced that provides a snapshot on the current and future profile of the public sector and poses questions about our future directions. To get a copy of Next Steps, email us here.
Other GC issues
Other agenda items for Governing Council include:
new bargaining guidelines in the public service
new workplace laws (Forward with Fairness)
machinery of Government changes
securing quality public sector jobs and services
where to next for the Your Rights at Work campaign?
What is Governing Council?
Governing Council (GC) is comprised of more than sixty honorary officials directly elected by members in their relevant Sections of the union, as well as seven full-time CPSU National Officers who are elected directly by all CPSU members.
With the recent Commonwealth Amendments to the OHS Act 1991 and the SRC Act in 06 & 07, & the previous OHS "Scope & Structure" report 2005, and now the ACTU Comcare Review submission, perhaps ACT Public Servants will be more informed of how their OHS protections are actively being erroded by our Government. ACTU's submission to the Comcare Review verified how ACT PS workers basic OHS rights and protections ( e.g. loss of common law rights, lack of workplace inspections under Comcare, have been totally erroded even though ACT's 1989 OHS Act s210 no discrimination, and s222 no contracting out was in place to prevent this. Now the Government will overhaul the OHS Act without community consultation. The OHS S&S report 2005, detailed the serious concerns for ACT P S dated back to 1994!!. How is our union actually protecting ACT Public Servants OHS protections, including compensation if this structured detriment or disadvantage by our employer is allowed to continue?.
Posted by:Veronica - 20 Mar 2008, 2:02pm
1. Why is it that every new incoming Government thinks its a vote winner in the rest of Aus to kick the Public Service in particular and Canberra in general? 2. What can the local CPSU (and Canberrans) do to mitigate this in future?
Posted by:Tamsin Smythe - 18 Mar 2008, 5:00pm
I hope you will be letting the Government know exactly what your members think about all the potential redundancies that are being rumoured about.
I am very disappointed in the Rudd Government so far. I voted for Mr Howard though.
With the recent Commonwealth Amendments to the OHS Act 1991 and the SRC Act in 06 & 07, & the previous OHS "Scope & Structure" report 2005, and now the ACTU Comcare Review submission, perhaps ACT Public Servants will be more informed of how their OHS protections are actively being erroded by our Government.
ACTU's submission to the Comcare Review verified how ACT PS workers basic OHS rights and protections ( e.g. loss of common law rights, lack of workplace inspections under Comcare, have been totally erroded even though ACT's 1989 OHS Act s210 no discrimination, and s222 no contracting out was in place to prevent this. Now the Government will overhaul the OHS Act without community consultation. The OHS S&S report 2005, detailed the serious concerns for ACT P S dated back to 1994!!. How is our union actually protecting ACT Public Servants OHS protections, including compensation if this structured detriment or disadvantage by our employer is allowed to continue?.
1. Why is it that every new incoming Government thinks its a vote winner in the rest of Aus to kick the Public Service in particular and Canberra in general?
2. What can the local CPSU (and Canberrans) do to mitigate this in future?
I hope you will be letting the Government know exactly what your members think about all the potential redundancies that are being rumoured about.
I am very disappointed in the Rudd Government so far. I voted for Mr Howard though.