Anna Stewart Memorial Project
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The Anna Stewart Memorial Project is a two-week development program, running twice a year, for women unionists who are interested in getting more involved in their union.
The AEU pays replacement costs to your workplace to allow you to attend.
2012 dates
- Monday, October 8 to Friday, October 19 - AEU Abbotsford
For the course description see here.
About the program
As many more women join the workforce‚ they are also joining trade unions. However‚ the extent of women's union membership is not yet reflected at all levels of the union movement. Indigenous women and women from non-English speaking background in particular are still under-represented in the membership as well as in paid union positions.
The Anna Stewart Memorial Project aims to increase women's involvement in the union movement. Since its launch in 1984, over 400 Victorian women have participated.
During the two-week project, women union members from diverse workplaces and occupations are placed with their own or sometimes another union. They experience the full range of union work‚ including mass meetings‚ enterprise negotiations and hearings in the Industrial Commission. In addition all participants meet for one whole day and two half days to discuss women‚ work and union issues.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to email Barb Jennings or Gayle Bernhardt or call us on (03) 9418 4860.
A description of course content, structure and intended outcomes for the Anna Stewart Memorial Project.» more...
Anna Stewart was a journalist and active unionist who died aged 35 in 1983. The project continues her work in encouraging greater participation by women in the union movement.» more...
