Issue No 82 | 20 December 2000 | |
NewsTop Cop is Our Organiser of the Year
A rank and file police officer seconded to his union to help activate traditionally passive members has been named the Organiser of the Year for 2000.
Bob Morgan was presented with the award, along with a cheque for $500 to be used to fund a study trip at the NSW Labor Council's executive dinner. Judges were TUTA director Michael Crosby, Labor Council secretary Michael Costa and Labor Council president Sam Moaitt. Morgan was nominated for his work with the SW Police Association who, despite high levels of membership, have embraced an organsing model. Organising in Sydney's inner west and south, Morgan helped build a union network at stations, raising the average umber of branch officials from one or two to between four and eight. He has also encouraged the participation of women and young people in local branches and trade union training courses. He worked on key disputes including the Flemington rostering dispute and the battle by Jindabyne police for a snow allowance. Highly Commended Organisers with the Finance Sector Union and the Health and Research Employees Association were both highly commended by the judges. FSU Organiser Danielle Keogh was commended for her work organizing MLC, a site that traditionally had low rates of membership. In an environment where management calls it's HR department the 'people and culture team' and the workplace is the 'campus', Danielle has developed a network of delegates nearly double the original size. Kerrie Seymour from HREA was nominated for her work organising hospital and aged care workers out of the union's Wagga Wagga office.Over the year, membership rates increased by 10 per cent by placing an emphasis on identifying and training activists in the workplace.
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Interview: Being Michael Costa Labor Council�s secretary on the 2KY sell-off, the Olympics and his plans for the future. Unions: Millennial Milestones In a year of highs, some trade union stories stuck in the collective consciousness. Here's ten of the best. International: Eric Lee's Year in Review The editor of Labourstart looks back on the global issues that mobilized labour in the past 12 months. Organising: Dispatches from the Field Despite the 'Botsmanesque' critiques which have been levelled at Organising, it would be hard to deny that the year 2000 has seen more and more unions in NSW latch onto the approach - at least in principle anyway. Economics: Who Gets Gold?? At the end of this Olympic year, Sydney Uni's Frank Stilwell charts the winners and losers in the new sport of redistribution of income. Politics: Election 2000: The Winner is Gridlock In the last in his series on the US Federal Election Campaign, Michael Gadiel, our roving reporter, gladly signs off. Satire: Chaser Launches Book In the great tradition of repackaging old material to cash in on Christmas, the team from The Chaser & Silly 2000 has produced its first book. Review: Cultural Wasteland The spotlight was on Australian culture in 2000. But was it a missed opportunity, asks Peter Zangari.
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