Community and Public Sector Union

The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU ) is a trade union in Australia for workers in the public sector. This union was the merger of the Public Sector, Professional, Scientific, Research, Technical, Communication, Aviation and Broadcasting Union (PSU ) established on 1 July 1994 with the State Public Services Federation ( SPSF ). The CPSU is one of the largest trade union in Australia of about 160,000 members. The CPSU is divided into two areas, in the SPSF Group with 100,000 employees in the state sector, research institutions and universities, and in the PSU Group with 60,000 employees of the Federal Government and state governments.

SPSF Group

The State Public Services Federation was registered on 30 July 1976 as a trade union and was responsible for only a small portion of state employees and only when it changed its status in 1984, she was able to combine with Public Service Association of New South Wales, which in 1999 100 years in the public service of New South Wales existierte.Mit the state employees in Victoria, the SPSF Group has developed into a national wide active union.

After her regional blank, the unions call within the SPS Group in:

  • New South Wales: Public Service Association of NSW (PSA of NSW )
  • Queensland: Queensland Public Sector Union ( QPSA )
  • South Australia: The Public Service Association of South Australia (PSA )
  • Western Australia: Civil Service Association of Western Australia ( CSA)
  • Tasmania: State Public Services Federation Tasmania ( SPSF Tasmania)

Furthermore, the SPSF Group employees in the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory recorded recorded.

This union is a member of the trade union umbrella organization, the Australian Council of Trade Unions and was entered in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. They actively participated in the protests against the libaral - nationalist coalition government of John Howard in the years 2005 to 2007.

Within the SPSF Group, there are the so-called The General Staff Union, the union members is comprised of high- level qualifier action in state schools, research institutes and universities.

PSU Group

The PSU Group recognizes employees of the federal and state governments in Australia.

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