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Our Gayle Smith Award for outstanding contribution to workplace health and safety will also be awarded to Health and Safety Representative Katrina Kiernan-Walker for her outstanding contribution to workplace health and safety at VEC.Katrina is the joint 2024 winner, along with Cameron Phillips, for his outstanding advocacy and action on OHS at SERCO Traffic Camera Operations.________________________________________Gayle SmithGayle Smith worked in various government departments and agencies in a ... -->

We've Kept Births, Deaths and Marriages 100% in public hands.Plan Hatched but Now Dispatched"An early plan to give private investors access to parts of Victoria’s births, deaths and marriages registry has been abandoned by the state government after backlash from a key union and grassroots Labor members." AGE 13/9/2024BDM has been recording significant life events since 1853.More than 400 Victorians each day last month interacted with BDM and that was just for certificate registration and does... -->

The Victorian Branch audited financial report for the year ended 30 June 2024 has been released showing a surplus of $252,824 with current assets of $12,947,186 following a net growth in members of just under 1,000 after recruiting a record 4,091 new members for the year.During the year budget re-prioritisation initiatives arising from the 2023-2024 State Budget were notified to the union with significant restructure proposals from the Department of Education, Department of Jobs Skills Ind... -->

CPSU has met with Victoria Police who have advised that an Organisational Review will be undertaken.  The objectives of the review we were advised are:1.    Categorise current Victoria Police functions/activities as:core and fundedcore and unfundednon-core and fundednon-core and unfunded2.    Identify options to support an organisational structure, having regard to fiscal responsibility and sustainability, including the associated risks and impacts of ceasing or reducing functions/activit... -->

CPSU Victoria are the Community and Public Sector Union. We represent employees in the Victorian Public Service (VPS) and related agencies. Joining CPSU is about improving the working environment for members. Rates of pay, career structures and employment conditions are all derived from the Award and Agreements negotiated by unions. For example, CPSU negotiated the Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement that ensures your wage increases each year. By joining CPSU you are ensuring you ... -->

The security of the records of our most significant, personal moments is under threat. The Victorian Government is considering privatising the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.  The publicly owned Registry and the people who work there are the custodians of our precious records. They record every birth, every marriage and every death that occurs in our state and assist with recognition of relationships, name changes and gender affirmation. They are the keepers of our truths. The Victori... -->

On this day, 17 June 1885, 1000 colonial civil servants crammed into the Athenaeum Theatre in Collins Street to form a union, the Victorian Public Service Association, our Union. “Jack’s as good as his masters” came the cry from all in the hall that day when attempts to delay the vote was soundly defeated and the union was formed. Victoria’s chief astronomer and respected scientist Robert John (James) Ellery was elected the 1st President by acclamation. Our union already had over 5,00... -->

CPSU's Victorian Branch Council is made up of the Branch Officers and Branch Councillors elected for a four year term from each of the ten Branch Electorates.The number of Branch Councillors from each electorate will vary according to the size of the electorate.The Branch Council is subject to the lawful direction of the Federal Council and Federal Executive and manages the business and affairs of the Victorian Branch.The current CPSU Branch Council comprises the following representatives (2020-... -->

ACTU Executive calls for increased action to ensure an urgent and lasting ceasefire in Gaza.  The ACTU Executive resolution on Gaza was endorsed by our Victorian Branch Council at its last meeting in February.... -->

Commencing in 1885, our union has been around for 137 years and has achieved incredible improvements in the conditions of the Victorian Public Sector workers.The Community and Public Sector Union was founded in 1885 as the Victorian Public Service Association by public servants who desperately wanted the foundation of an independent system for setting their pay and conditions for Victorian Public Service workers, and an end to the system of political patronage.Over 100 years later our broad aims... -->

This article, written in 1985 by Jim McDonald as part of the VPSA Centenary celebrations, chronicles the the first hundred years of the CPSU.For most of the 20th century the Public Service Union in Victoria has fought to obtain a satisfactory, independent industrial tribunal, and this story provides a focus for our history.A thousand public servants crammed into the Athenaeum Hall in Collins Street, Melbourne after work on June 17, 1885, to form the union which, it was hoped, "would benefit all ... -->

It's hard to fit 137 years of achievements into a brief summary - but we gave it a shot anyway.In the BeginningThe first meeting of CPSU, (then known as the Victorian Public Service Association) took place on 17 June 1885 when 1,000 colonial public servants crammed into the Athenaeum Hall in Collins Street.We already had 1900 members prior to this first general meeting.Ever since that meeting CPSU has worked towards improving the terms and conditions of employment of Victorian Government employe... -->

CPSU, the Community and Public Sector Union, is a product of the amalgamation of the State Public Services Federation, the largest union covering state government employees in Australia, and the Public Sector Union, the former union for federal government employees.CPSU is a registered organisation under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009. Our rules and activities are subject to that legislation.The union is divided into two groups:The SPSF (State Public Services Federation) Group... -->

Our up to date registered rules are on the FWC website. Once you get to the FWC website, the National Rules, SPSF Group Federal Rules and SPSF Group Victorian Branch Rules are our current rules... -->

The Victorian Branch Executive is made up of the Branch Officers and between meetings of Branch Council is responsible for the management of the Branch.The current branch executive (2020 - 2024) consists of:Peter LILLYWHITE (President)Carol BAKKER (Vice-President)Mark HALDEN (Vice-President)Karen BATT (Secretary)Wayne TOWNSEND (Assistant Secretary)... -->

CPSU Victoria are the Community and Public Sector Union who represent the Victorian Public Service (VPS) and related agencies.Unions are organisations formed by workers with a common purpose to improve their pay and working conditions. Unions select representatives to negotiate with employers in a process known as collective bargaining. When successful, the bargaining results in an Enterprise Agreement that improve wages and workplace conditions.Unions have a democratic structure, holding electi... -->