From the Black Saturday bushfire response and subsequent Royal Commission to DoJ Regionalisation to negotiations for a new Victorian Public Service Agreement, from the legislated sacking of Electorate staff who also serve on their Local Councils to the crisis in Child Protection services, to negotiating 31 Enterprise Bargaining Agreements throughout 2009, its been a big year.

Vital Stats:

# Operating surplus 08/09 financial year of $237,541. ($148,188 in 07/08: $464,976 in 06/07).

# 1,358 new members recruited this year slightly down from 1,398 last year. (1,234 in 2007).

# A net growth of 4,222 members (representing a 50.5% increase) since 1 July 2000.

# 31 Enterprise Bargaining Agreements negotiated for members this year. (8 in 2008: 12 in 2007).

# 578 applications from members for representation were received this year. (609 in 2008: 503 in 2007).

# 242 implementation of change advice letters received from agencies this year. (297 in 2008: 294 in 2007).

# CPSU has 78 EBA s, 15,000 members and 4,230 worksites across Victoria and NSW.

Click here to view our audited accounts and an overview of the year s activities;

http://www.cpsuvic.org/public_docs/YIR-month-by-month.pdf
http://www.cpsuvic.org/public_docs/Financial-Report-VicBranch2009.pdf
http://www.cpsuvic.org/public_docs/Financial-Report-Federal-2009.pdf

KAREN BATT
CPSU Victorian Branch Secretary