Issue No 42 | 17 December 1999 | |
NewsTWU Activist Named Organiser of the Year
Former truck driver Bruce Penton has been awarded the Labor Council of NSW's inaugural Organiser of the year for his work with the Transport Workers Union on the central coast.
Penton was nominated for his work in the private bus industry and the waster industry in organising workplaces from low levels of membership and activism to over 90 per cent coverage. He beat off a strong field, that included shortlisted finalists Gillian Davies from the NSW Nurses Association and Sean Mountford from the Community and Public Sector Union. The award was judged by ACTU president Jennie George, Labor Council secretary Michael Costa and TUTA director Michael Crosby. "Bruce Penton has been organising for just over one year. In that time he has changed the face of the TWU on the Central Coast," the judges said. "He has revitalised the union's membership throughout the region. In each of the industry sectors he has established activist committees and encouraged them to take action on their own initiative under his leadership. "His efforts have meant that Bus Drivers and Waste Operators on the Central Coast are now amongst the most strongly organised sections of the TWU "The award of Organiser of the Year is given in recognition of his ability and commitment in empowering activists and members over a range of issues throughout the year."
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