Unified Magazine
The official journal of the Health Services Union
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022A message from the Secretary
This is our time. That’s the message I want all HSU members to pass on to their colleagues. The last…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022Negotiation wins at Lifehouse
Members in Private Health are standing up for a better deal. Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, the cancer treatment centre in central Sydney, has a…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022Calls to change aged care ring through Canberra
It’s been over two years in the making, and the story continues to be told today. On Wednesday 30 March 2022, we loaded…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022NSW State Wide Industrial Action: Standing Up For What We Deserve
It’s fair to say that HSU members have had a very tough few years, being on the frontline with a global pandemic raging through our country…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022HSU Conference 2022: Success Through Adversity
It’s been a long time coming, with more than a couple of false starts, but it’s finally here – the next HSU Delegates Conference! …
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022Welcome to ParaEd – specialised education for HSU Paramedics
In recognition and support of the professional work of Paramedics, the HSU has now funded access to CPD and specialised training for Ambulance Division members through ParaEd - a new…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
SNSWLHD Security on a good footing
Members in Southern NSW LHD have claimed a significant victory, with Health and Security Assistants claiming previously a previously unpaid allowance – plus backpay of up…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
Win for Calvary Bruce Medical Imaging members
Members working at Calvary Bruce Public Hospital in Canberra are celebrating after the Union won funding for an expanded Medical Imaging service. HSU…
June 15, 2022
Latest Summer edition of Unified has arrived!
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2021A message from the Secretary
A few months ago, I wanted to talk to you about the HSU’s upcoming conference and planning for the future. I had a lot of exciting…
January 18, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2021Passing with flying colours
It’s been a rough two years for HSU members. Living through the biggest health crisis in a century is hard enough – but working through it…
January 18, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2021HSU Disability Services Wrap Up
Now that lockdowns have lifted, HSU Organiser Lisa Ronneberg has been out and about, visiting worksites and catching up with members in the Disability sector. Lisa…
January 18, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2021Against All Odds
The last 18 months have been a rollercoaster ride for health workers, with wave upon wave of COVID-19 forcing lockdowns and swamping hospitals. It’s been a…
January 18, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2021Marking one year since launch of the Aged Care Work Value Case
As we mark the 1st Anniversary of the HSU’s Work Value Case for Aged Care workers, let’s look back on all the activity that’s taken place…
January 18, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2021Indigenous Development Fund enters second round
After an incredibly successful first round, the HSU Indigenous Development Fund is now entering its second year of awarding grants. The Fund was…
January 18, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2021Long anticipated meeting with the Premier
This November 18, an HSU delegation including Paramedics, HSU Secretary Gerard Hayes, Assistant Secretary Lynne Russell and President Mark Sterrey met with Premier Dominic Perrottet and…
January 18, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Summer 202150K Reasons to Vaccinate for Victory
In February 2021, the first COVID vaccines reached Australia. After months of the Federal Government dragging their feet, this marked a milestone in Australia’s COVID recovery.…
January 18, 2022
Catch up on Spring's Unified edition
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Unified Magazine: Spring 2021
HSU challenges secondary employment ban
The HSU has quashed an attempt to undermine a member’s rights in an important test case for the aged care sector. In response…
October 25, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Spring 2021Organising in the age of Covid
Union organising has always been about the groundwork. The classic organising model is based on fronting up to worksites and engaging with members face-to-face. The HSU…
October 25, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Spring 2021Work woes at Wyong
The current pandemic has necessitated a lot of changes in all of our lives. Schedules, travel, working processes: we’ve had to adapt so many things about…
October 21, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Spring 2021Big win for Blacktown hospital sterilising and food services
Members at Blacktown Hospital have made a significant step to combat understaffing and unsafe working conditions. Approaching the problem methodically as a group, and with the…
October 21, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Spring 2021
In the workplace: A WHS case study from food services
Not long ago, members working in Food Services at Canberra Hospital raised concerns about the ‘ware washer’ at their site. Unfortunately, the washer was not functioning…
October 19, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Spring 202150,000 Reasons to Vaccinate for Victory
To show our appreciation for members who have taken the step to protect their workmates and communities by vaccinating against COVID-19, the HSU has launched the…
October 19, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Spring 2021
Change aged care
$10 billion per year. That is the amount of funding it would take for the Federal Government to implement the recommendations of the Aged Care Royal…
October 19, 2021
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Unified Magazine: Spring 2021Grace under pressure
HSU members have been doing extraordinary work on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting themselves in harm’s way to help those suffering and stop…
October 19, 2021
