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The program runs for 5 days from Monday 1—Friday 5 August 2022 in Hobart, Tasmania. Please advise your employer that you’re applying and then contact your union about your leave options and costs.
Cost is $120 plus GST
Anna Stewart, long-time campaigner for women’s rights and prominent union official, died in April 1983 and the Anna Stewart Memorial Project was established as an annual work experience program aimed at increasing women’s active union involvement. Participants learn about how unions work and get training in a supportive environment on key aspects of union organising and growth with a focus on women’s involvement and why unions are so critical for women.
Should you apply?
If you’re a union member and want to develop your skills and knowledge, make an important contribution to the development and growth of your union and have more involvement in the union movement more broadly then the answer is YES!
The program includes...
Women in Politics panel
Visit to Industrial Commission
Unions Tas Women’s Conference
There is training on...
Organising & Campaigning
Building union activity through recruitment & leadership development
Politics 101
Industrial law and how it operates
Background
The program enables participants to see how unions organise. It provides training opportunities on key aspects of union organising and growth with a focus on women’s involvement in their union and why unions are so critical for women.
Objectives of the program
To facilitate greater involvement of women in the trade union movement and develop the skills and knowledge of women unionists through specific training in a supportive environment. To return activists and workplace leaders to their workplace and their union with a greater knowledge base and expanded skill set. To encourage unions to support women in elected and leadership roles within unions. To promote a greater awareness of the important contribution women can make to the development and growth of their union.