Industrial Officer

• Jan 2023 - Present

Industrial Officer

• May 2021 - Dec 2022

Within an organising framework:● Providing advice about rights and entitlements under various industrial instruments.● Representing members in State and Federal Tribunals and Courts in a breadth of industrial relations matters including unfair dismissal, general protections applications, bargaining and EA disputes, unpaid wages/entitlements and Workers Compensation. ● Advocating for members individually and collectively in hearings, appeals, conciliations/conferences, disciplinary processes, performance reviews and at consultative meetings, orally and in written correspondence.● Drafting submissions for the the FWC and other government reviews and enquiries. ● Identification and development of member leaders and activists.● Developing and delivering industrial training for members and officials. Show less

Organiser

• May 2021 - May 2022

● Recruiting workers to the UWU, often in hostile workplaces or sites with competing Union coverage.● Building organising structures that ensure membership growth and leader development. ● Developing organising plans to build and exercise power in line with broader industry campaigns. ● Developing and delivering site or portfolio specific training to delegates and activists.● Conducting enterprise negotiations, including moving workers to endorse and take industrial action.● Participating in broader Union activities to further the Union Movement’s social and political aims.● Providing industrial support to the Logistics team, including in unfair dismissals, s 739 disputes, enterprise agreement approvals, WorkCover processes including Regulator reviews and Medical Assessment Tribunals as well as providing general industrial advice. Show less

Industrial Officer

• Jul 2019 - May 2021

Within an industrial casework framework: ● Providing advice about rights and entitlements under various industrial instruments. ● Representing members in State and Federal Tribunals, in hearings, appeals and conciliations/conferences. ● Advocating for members individually and collectively in disciplinary processes, performance reviews, at consultative meetings, orally and in written correspondence. ● Drafting documents for matters before Courts and Tribunals as well as submissions before the FWC and other government reviews and enquiries. ● Running a breadth of industrial relations processes including unfair dismissal, unlawful termination, general protections applications, bargaining disputes, unpaid wages/entitlements and workers compensation. ● Identification and development of member leaders and increasing the industrial knowledge of members and delegates. ● Providing feedback on proposed employer policies and sector wide industrial instruments. Show less

Member Organiser/Intern

• Jan 2018 - Jun 2019

● Promoting the Union on non-union and joint coverage sites, educating members and non-members around the Union movement, joining members to the NUW. ● Representing members in bargaining enterprise agreements, organising site based industrial action and participating in broader union campaigns. ● Promoting the Union on non-union and joint coverage sites, educating members and non-members around the Union movement, joining members to the NUW. ● Representing members in bargaining enterprise agreements, organising site based industrial action and participating in broader union campaigns.