NTEU wins 2 ACTU Awards
5 December 2003
NTEU was amongst the winners in the ACTU Annual Union Awards, announced by President Sharan Burrow at the ACTU’s Executive meeting on Tuesday December 2.
BEST WORKPLACE CAMPAIGN
WINNER: National
Tertiary Education Union (National Office)
National campaign mobilising
staff across 38 universities to preserve Australia’s higher education system and fight off
the Howard Government’s hardline anti-union agenda.
JENNIE GEORGE AWARD FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN
UNIONS
JOINT WINNER: National Tertiary Education
Union
For initiating an Activist Training Program focusing on increased
participation by women in standing for branch elections, becoming part of bargaining teams and
prosecuting maternity and parental leave enterprise bargaining claims.
Congratulations to all the NTEU staff, officials and activists who worked on the successful campaigns!