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QIEU Chapter Resources: Information Sheet 5

The importance of being union

Joining together with your non-government education colleagues is the most effective way to build a stronger voice and improve the working rights and conditions in your sector. Joining your union and encouraging your colleagues to do the same are essential steps to building our union strength and making our voices heard. Being educated about the professional and industrial issues facing our sector is also very important. By being educated, we can take positive and collective steps towards addressing issues and enhancing our profession. By coming together and acting collectively, we can bring about change in our sector. In recent years, members have acted collectively to safeguard their working rights and conditions in a very hostile industrial relations environment. These positive outcomes were only achieved by education professionals coming together, educating themselves about the issues and acting collectively. With a myriad of professional issues currently facing the education sector, it has never been more important to come together with your colleagues to ensure that the voices of education professionals are heard. Being union means taking a pro-active role in being part of our sector and part of enhancing and building the profile of our profession. Being union means   

Being a member of our union and encouraging your colleagues to do the same; Being educated about our sector and issues facing our profession; and Acting collectively with your colleagues to address these issues.

Additional Information If you would like to know more about why being union is so important, please contact your union organiser or the union office: Brisbane Office Townsville Office Bundaberg Office

Last Updated: 06/11/2008

(07) 3839 7020 (07) 4772 6277 (07) 4132 8455


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