Together is a

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covering workers in the public and private sectors in the state of

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. The largest areas of coverage is the state public sector, including clinical and administrative staff in

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, state schools and

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institutes, the Department of Communities and other departments. Other areas of coverage include universities (general staff),

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employees, private clinical

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services, private and not-for-profit healthcare providers, and clerical and administrative staff across a range of industries. Together is a branch of the

Australian Services Union The Australian Services Union (registered as the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union) is a trade union representing workers in a variety of industries. The ASU is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade ...

, and members of Together are also members of the ASU at a federal level.

History

Together was created in July 2011 as an amalgamation of the Queensland Public Sector Union and the Australian Services Union (Central and Southern Queensland) Branch. The union is registered within the state industrial relations jurisdiction as Together and in the

federal system Federalism is a combined or compound mode of government that combines a general government (the central or "federal" government) with regional governments ( provincial, state, cantonal, territorial, or other sub-unit governments) in a single po ...

as ASU/AMACSU.

Union structure

Union Conference is Together's peak decision making body. Every four years the

Electoral Commission of Queensland The Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) is established under the ''Electoral Act 1992'' as an independent statutory authority, responsible for the impartial conduct of state and local government elections in Queensland. Functions The Commi ...

holds elections for Conference delegates. Each delegate represents members in their agency to ensure all members have their say in their union. Union Conference meets four times a year.

Past campaigns

The QPSU has been involved in the

Your Rights at Work WorkChoices was the name given to changes made to the federal industrial relations laws in Australia by the Howard Government in 2005, being amendments to the ''Workplace Relations Act 1996'' by the ''Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices ...

campaign. The QPSU has also had campaigns specifically targeting Queensland government departments, including Queensland Department of Health, Queensland Department of Child Safety and Department of Disability Services Queensland.

References

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External links

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