Empowering health workers for a brighter future
With 45,000+ members across NSW, ACT and QLD, you’re in good company!
Why join the HSU?
Being a union member is one of the best decisions you can make in your working life.
If you work in health, there's never been a better time to stand with 45,000 workers across NSW, ACT & QLD in the fight for better wages and conditions for all health workers!
HSU members are what makes our union special and strong
It's the active involvement of HSU members that determines our direction and whether we succeed or fail.
Are you an existing member? Need some help or guidance, or keen to become more involved in the Union? Or a you an activist or delegate searching for more resources?
AGM and Conference Resources 2021
Click here to find out more about the HSU 2021 Conference and AGM resources.
Our Latest Campaigns
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Ambulance
Value Our Service
The Ambulance Division of the HSU is fighting for a pay rise for NSW Paramedics that is in line with the value of their service. As…
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Hospitals - We Won!
Free parking for health workers
The HSU has campaigned long and hard for free parking for health care workers. We firmly believe that if you work in a hospital you shouldn't…
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Aged Care
We're Worth It
Aged care professionals deserve more than the scraps. They deserve a decent pay rise and we are going to fight for fair wages in aged care.
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Aged Care
Delivering Decent Residential Aged Care
Funding the care elderly Australians deserve: A report into the challenges confronting residential aged care in Australia, including those confronting the aged care workforce, and an…
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Public Health
Let's Get It Fixed
Our Public Health Awards are broken and outdated.
We need a complete overhaul to get the system working for health workers and for the community.
Stay Informed
Our Latest News & Articles
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Unified Magazine: Autumn 2021A message from the secretary
As I write to you, I’m filled with pride for the efforts of HSU members over the last year. This dreadful pandemic and everything it brought…
March 9, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Autumn 2021Relief for kitchen workers
HSU members at Heritage Care Botany achieved a massive win earlier this year. Having battled for quite some time with extreme temperatures, the kitchen staff at…
March 9, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Autumn 2021Let's get it fixed
It’s 2021 and we’ve got a big year ahead of us. This year, we turn our attention to fixing our Public Health Awards. Our Awards are…
March 9, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Autumn 2021HSU unveils a broad new range of benefits
Being part of a Union means knowing someone has your back, in or out of the workplace. While most of the HSU’s activity is concentrated at work,…
March 9, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Autumn 2021Port Macquarie Horror
No one should feel unsafe at work. Unfortunately, HSU members consistently experience violence. An example is the serious assault against several Port Macquarie…
March 9, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Autumn 2021Covid vaccine rollout
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout program is up and running. The vaccine will be distributed to the population in several different phases, starting with Australia’s most vulnerable…
March 9, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Autumn 2021Assistant secretary report
This issue, I’m very proud to bring you an update on the work being done by our Indigenous Development Committee. Our union is committed to supporting…
March 9, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Autumn 2021Aged Care Royal Commission: Final report backs HSU initiatives
The report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is finally here – and the findings paint a dismal picture of underfunding and…
March 9, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Autumn 2021The international year of health and care workers
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared 2021 the ‘International Year of Health and Care Workers’. HSU members have remained on the frontlines…
March 9, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Autumn 2021MPS meet with health workers over restructure fears
On Monday 22 February, Shadow Health Minister Ryan Park and Shadow Minister for Mental Health Tara Moriarty met with HSU members at Bourke Street Health Facility…
March 9, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Autumn 2021Calvary John James members bring home backpay
Last year during the first wave of the pandemic, members at Calvary John James Private Hospital employed as wardspersons discovered a problem with their pay. A…
March 9, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Autumn 2021Parking for public health members
In late February, the HSU was made aware that NSW Health intends to reintroduce parking fees for health workers in April 2021. The…
March 9, 2021
