'Designing Better Futures: Rethinking Strategy For a Sustainable World' by Michael J.C. McAllum
From the back of the book:
This is a book about these times of turbulence, uncertainty and rapid change with a difference. it does not fill us with empty utopias nor does it give us an endless litany of bad news; rather, it challenges us to move towards designing better futures.
"This book challenges us and future generations. The message is hard...even frightening. yet it is delivered alongside messages of hope. Most importantly, it shows how we can design a pathway to avoid a catastrophe on planet Earth. Written with wit and flair. Read and act..."
- Rob Carter. Economist and former CEO Brisbane City.
Made in Australia by Australian Trade Union labour.
New ASU short sleeve fitted womens t-shirts in cotton/lycra blend and available in red or black. The T-shirt bears an embroidered ASU logo on the front.
Made in Australia by Australian Trade Union labour.
New ASU 'Union' T shirt launched for ASU National Conference 2008 bearing the bold ASU 'Union' logo on the front. Featured on the back of the T Shirt are all of the great reasons to belong to a union. This T shirt is Union Pride at it's finest and every member should own one!
The T-Shirt is available in 3 colours, steel blue, teal and purple in unisex sizes. All shirts produly bear the 'No sweatshop' label on right hand sleeve. Strictly limited edition T shirt, get in early.
100% Australian made by Australian Trade Union labour.
These high quality, light cotton polo shirts are embroidered with the ASU Logo and come in white and navy with a wide range of sizes available. Sizes include small through to 4XL in white or navy and 5XL in navy only. Proudly 100% Australian made. Each garment bears the "No Sweat Shop" Affiliated label.
This great looking navy blue buckethat has a teal and white piping around the outer edge. Printed on the front in white is the ASU logo with the 'active-strong-united' slogan on the back. Great sunblock for summer, one size fits all! Available in two sizes, 'small/medium' and 'large/extra large'.
ASU Longline waterproof raincoats are designed to help keep you dry and warm during those cold winter months. These raincoats are made of nylon, feature a polar fleece inner lining, zipped front pockets, two large internal chest pockets, waist drawstring, full front zipper, storm flap front and a hood in the collar. Jackets are unisex and available in sizes S thru to 5XL.
100% Australian made by Australian Trade Union labour.
Worn proudly at pride marches, union and GLBTI (gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transsexual and intersex) events across Australia, the ASU GLAM t-shits are now available from the ASU shop.
Bright red with white piping around the neck and sleeve, printed in white on the front is the GLAM logo and slogan 'Job security never goes out of style' and on the back 'Gay and Lesbian ASU Members'
Available in two styles and various sizes. The first style is a form fitting poly cotton – available in sizes from small to XXX large. The second style is 100% cotton loose fitting – available in sizes from medium to XXXXlarge.
This Australian made Navy Blue ASU T-shirt features the ASU "Working to Live" logo in white on the front and "Active - Strong - United" in white across the back.
Proudly 100% Australian made by Australian Trade Union labour.
These T-Shirts have been a great success at ASU Women's conferences across Australia. The T-shirts are Hot Pink with white piping around the neck and "Strong Unions Need Women" printed in white across the front. Available in a fitted or loose cut.
A pack of 'Post It' notes in a Teal/White gradient finish. Packs come in a combination of 3 square 'Post it' pads and 2 'Flag' pads. Great for around the office and reminding fellow workers about the ASU.
Oval shaped stickers that bear the message 'Proud To Be Union' along with the traditional ASU 'Active Strong United' slogan. Slap this sticker on your car or around the workplace and show everyone how proud you really are to be union!
Elegant gift pen embossed with the ASU logo. These pens are used as gifts for guest speakers at ASU conferences. Not available through the ASUshop directly to members. Limited edition
This new improved mug come in a metallic finish and has a pop top lid. The new improved pop top lid accommodates both the left and right handed drinker. Printed on the mug is the tradional ASU logo in an engraved beige finish. Just in time for Winter too...
The lanyard conference name tags were first used at the ASU National Conference in 2004.Since then several ASU branches have used the lanyard name tags for their delegates conferences around Australia with great success. Equivalent in price to conventional plastic name card holders the lanyards can be used after the meeting as well.The National Office will also supply the name cards pre-printed with the ASU logo as a watermark ready to be printed by the branch with the participants names.
These pens come in frosted green and blue. Soft rubber grip. Printed in white with the ASU logo name and web address. Popular for delegates conferences and giving out at training.
Lanyards are used to carry employment identification cards and security cards around your neck. This one is thick lanyard, comes in ASU teal with white printing of the ASU logo and 'Active Stong United.' The lanyard has a safety release clasp to prevent accidents and also a standard clip attachment.
This water bottle comes in an opaque pearl white finish with black pop top so you don't spill a drop. Complete with the ASU logo and ACTIVE STRONG UNITED branding, a great item for the office, the gym, the pushbike or anywhere really!
A hard earned thirst deserves a big cold drink - with an ASU stubby holder wrapped around it! Will keep your drink cool while you work up a sweat in the garden or at the cricket. These blue stubby holders are printed with the ASU logo and slogan ‘active strong united’. Great for starting a conversation at your next BBQ. Cheers!
These great delegates badges are made from cast metal and measure 5.5cm x 2.5cm so they really stand out. The badges use a magnetic fastener to affix to clothing so they don't leave pin holes in clothes. NOT TO BE USED BY DELEGATES WITH PACE MAKERS. This product is not for sale directly to members though the ASUshop. It is only sold directly to ASU branches or at ASU delegate conferences.
Lanyards are used to carry employment identification cards and security cards around your neck. This one is a thin 'bootlace' lanyard, with white printing of the ASU logo and 'Active Strong United.' The lanyard has a safety release clasp to prevent accidents and also a standard clip attachment.
This smart black compendium contains a note pad and lots of pockets. A zip around the outside keeps it all together and 3 rings can be used for holding notes or can be removed altogether. Made from a durable rip stop material and proudly printed with the ASU logo in silver.
'Greenhouse Solutions With Sustainable Energy' by Mark Diesendorf
Global warming is the hottest political issue of the day, and it is likely to become even more pressing over the coming years.This is a positive, proactive book that proposes a set of policies and strategies for implementing the most promising cleaner energy technologies by all spheres of government, business and community organisations. The book argues that despite being a coal and oil dependent country, Australia could achieve an ecologically sustainable energy system. All we need is the political will.
The book puts forward a set of policies and strategies for implementing the most promising clean energy technologies by all spheres of government, business and community organisations. Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy suggests that a mix of efficient energy use, renewable energy sources and natural gas (as a transitional fuel) offers a clean and feasible energy future for Australia.
'Worth Fighting For: Inside the 'Your Rights at Work' Campaign' by Kathie Muir
This book tells the story of the ACTU’s ‘Your Rights at Work’ campaign against Work Choices, the largest, most expensive and most sophisticated political campaign ever mounted in Australia, and one with a decisive impact on the 2007 federal election.
Your Rights at Work was an unprecedented campaign in Australian political history. Longer, more expensive, and implemented across a wider range of media, worksites and community venues than any previous political campaign by any other non-party group, YRaW also attracted a wide range of people as active supporters of the campaign. Many of these people had never been active in union campaigns previously, some were retired or were not union members. People from all walks of life were outraged by the meanness of the legislation and the Government's lack of a mandate for its implementation. Some older workers' were concerned for their children and grandchildren's future, horrified at the thought that rights they and their parents had struggled and sacrificed to win might be lost to future generations.
The book 'Worth Fighting For: Inside the Your Rights at Work' campaign provides a lively record of the development and implementation of the campaign. Through interviews with union leaders, along with participant observation, Kathie Muir traces the innovative nature of the television and paid media strategies, the workplace and community mobilising strategies.
This is a lively and accessible book that provides an invaluable record of the most important political campaign ever undertaken by the Australian union movement and is an essential resource for union education and training.
'Pocket Superannuation Guide - The 50 Critical Answers You Need' by Anne Lampe
This booklet provides 50 handy tips on growing your retirement income. It acts as a reference you can use to help you decide how to handle your superannuation and provides crucial answers to questions most people have about Superannuation.
This product is available at this price for ASU members only, please enter your ASU membership and branch number when placing you order. A limit of 1 per person per order applies.
This represents a substantial revision of Philip Mendes’ successful textbook Australia’s Welfare Wars, in which the author explains – and questions – many of the values and assumptions that underpin contemporary social welfare policies. In particular, the book is critical of the Neo-liberal or Economic rationalist ideas that now dominate the welfare debates in Australia and overseas, and instead demonstrates and reaffirms the ongoing relevance of social-democratic and welfare-state ideals.
Find out why you really need to live, thrive and survive! This book is packed with tips on implementing more flexible working conditions. Being a member of the ASU means you are obviously no dummy! This is a practical 'how to' guide on grater job satisfaction.
Author Katherine Lockett works at the University of South Australia and helped establish their Centre for Life & Work research unit
This book covers topics such as:
Stand and Deliver: Your Job or Your Life
Looking After Yourself First
Size Isn't Everything - Small Changes That Work
Preparing to Work for Work/Life Balance
The Bigger Picture: Getting What you Want Long tgerm
‘Lessons From Longford - The Esso Gas Plant Explosion'
- by Andrew Hopkins
Andrew Hopkins identifies and discusses the issues that led to the explosion at Esso’s Longford gas plant in 1998, which killed two workers and left Victorians without gas for two weeks. This book is brief, highly readable and upon reading the book, it would rather sad tragedy if an event as catastrophic as this repeated itself.
Hopkins insightfully traces the disaster’s causes to cultural and systemic problems within Esso, rather than looking to shift responsibility to its operators (as Esso did). Hopkins focuses on Esso’s attitude to its safety system, compliance and the variable that led to the incident and how it could have been avoided.
This analysis and Hopkins’ practical suggestions for how to remedy problems make the book well worth its cover price.
- Edited by Mordy Bromberg SC & Mark Irving, with a Forward by Bob Hawke
This book aims to provide political debate and a blueprint for the future of industrial relations.
From the back of the book:
The Charter is a back to basics attempt to define the rights of workers and employers. It is a simply expressed contemporary document that draws upon international as well as uniquely Australian rights and values to create a set of rights and obligations which all workplaces are encouraged to adopt and observe.The Charter enables a critique of current labour laws and any proposals for change.
'The Little History of Australian Unionism' isa compact, complete and up-to-date story of the development of Australian unions over the past 200 years.
With the support of 14 Australian unions, including the ASU, the book is aimed at everyone interested in the history of Australian society and the formation of its values and institutions and particularly at students of history as well as unionised and yet-to-be-unionised workers, old and young.
Scalmer’s incisive account provides a history of trade unions that is clear, accurate and engaging.He records their achievements, explains how they were won, and provides an invaluable context for the urgent defence of the union movement.
'The Labour Market Ate My Babies - Work, Children and a Sustainable Future'
by Barbara Pocock
Listed in top 50 Management Books for 2006 in the Australian Financial Review BOSS magazine, January 2007, Volume 8.
In 'The Labour Market Ate My Babies' Barbara Pocock, acclaimed author of 'The Work/Life Collision,' examines the impact of modern working life on our children. In this book, young Australians from all over the country, city and the bush, rich and poor, talk about the good and bad of parental work - the trade off between money and time, consumer riches versus time for each other.
Pocock argues that the modern labour market is having a huge impact on today’s youth and eating into our capacity to care. Children have become a ‘market’. Caring for kids and selling to kids is big business, as stressed, time-poor parents struggle to care for their children and salve their guilt with presents and pocket money.
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'Excess Baggage: Leveling the Load and Changing the Workplace'
by Ellen Rosskam
Excess Baggage is a book based on research by Ellen Rosskam on the working conditions of airport check-in workers in two countries. Excess Baggage takes a rare look at how economic insecurity and globalisation impinges on the health and functioning of workers under stress.Similar cases and strains are occurring in many work groups around the world – this book gives an insight to the suffering some workers are being forced to endure today.
Ellen Rosskam is Visiting Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Work Environment Department along with various other roles.She is the author of 50 scientific publications.
The ASUshop was fortunate enough to acquire advance publication copies of this book at a discounted price, however stock is limited – so get in quick!!
'Peak Unions In Australia – Origins Purpose, Power, Agency'
edited by Bradon Ellem, Raymond Markey & John Shields (Federation Press)
This innovative and comprehensive book is the first detailed study of the making and development of Australian peak unions. For over 150 years, peak unions have been a central part of the Australian industrial relations landscape. They remain by far the most significant institutional form of inter-union cooperation in the country at the national, state, local and industry scales.
Its 13 chapters explore the whole range of peak unions and labour councils, from local bodies through State councils to the national peak union body, the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
The book allies this empirical diversity with an essential theoretical cohesion. It opens with two conceptual chapters which develop a model for explaining the formation and changing purpose and power of peak unions, a model which resonates through all the subsequent chapters.
'The Transformation of Australian Industrial Relations'
by Marl Wooden (Federation Press)
The past decade has seen the decline in importance of the tribunal-based systems of conciliation and arbitration that have shaped relationships between labour and management in this country since the turn of the century.
This book analyses these changes and provides an understanding of their impact on Australian workplaces and “makes an important contribution to the study of Australian industrial relations arrangements and can be expected to have a significant impact on both policy and research in the years ahead".
'Work Councils In Australia – Future Prospects and Possibilities'
edited by Paul J Gollan, Ray Markey and Iain Ross (Federation Press)
This book presents a range of perspectives on the future prospects and possibilities of works councils in Australia. Contributors include: Jonathan Hamberger, Martin Foley, John Buchanan, Chris Briggs, Ron McCallum, Glenn Patmore, Herman Knudsen, Anthony Forsyth and Franklin Gaffney.The book is divided into four sections. The first serves as an introduction to additional forms of employee representation in the Australian context. The next section presents an Australian perspective on the past, present and the possibilities for works councils in Australia. The following section examines relevant international developments and the potential lessons for Australia. Finally, the last section draws the threads of the debate together with an assessment of the future development of works councils in Australia.
Drawing on current Australian and overseas research, the authors in this book address these issues be presenting a number of questions.
Why do we need works councils in Australia?
What is the current state of play regarding workplace employee representation?
Can works councils be accommodated under the current legislative framework?
What is the likelihood of success?
What are the opportunities and the threats for employers and unions in introducing works councils in Australia?
'Fragmented Futures – New Challenges In Working Life' by Ian Watson, John Buchanan, Iain Campbell & Chris Briggs (Federation Press)
Fragmented Futures examines how working life has become more 'fragmented' as a result of significant social and economic change in Australia in the last quarter of the twentieth century. It asks how we should address such fragmentation in pursuit of a society in which prosperity is shared, diversity, choice and opportunity are increased, and exclusion and inequality are minimised.
Fragmented Futures provides a foundation on which to begin addressing the real social problems faced in work and life today. Its themes are at the core of everyday Australian experience; our response to its challenges will determine every Australian's future.
'Discrimination Law and Practice' (second edition) by Chris Ronalds and Rachel Pepper (Federation Press)
This second edition of 'Discrimination Law and Practice' is a revised edition of the seminal Australian textbook dealing exclusively with discrimination law and its practical application. Its concise account marries clarity with depth and is suitable for all whose work or interest brings them into contact with discrimination law - lawyers, business people, human resources and industrial relations staff, advocates and students.
Essential reading for those into Discrimination Law and its fundamental concepts; well researched, skilfully compiled and easy to follow. Recommended for lawyers and non lawyers alike!
'Trustees On Trial: Recovering the Stolen Wages' by Rosalind Kidd
In her startling book, Rosalind Kidd uses official correspondence to reveal the extraordinary extent of government controls over Aboriginal wages, savings, endowments and pensions in twentieth century Queensland. In a disturbing indictment of the government's $4000 reparations offer, Kidd unpicks official dealings on the huge trust funds compiled from private income and community endeavours, showing how governments used these finances to their advantage, while families and communises struggled in poverty.
Casting the evidence in terms of national and international litigation, particularly cases relating to government accountability for Indigenous interests, Kidd makes a powerful case that the Queensland government should be held to the same standards of accountability and redress as any major financial institution. "Trustees on Trial" is a timely warning for all other Australian jurisdictions to consider their liability for Aboriginal money taken in trust.
'Bullying - From Backyard to Boardroom' (second edition)
edited by Paul McCarthy, Jane Rylance, Robin Bennett & Helga Zimmerman (Federation Press)
From the back cover of the book:
Bullying doesn’t stop at school.
Adult life creates its own pressures, particularly in the workplace. Some people habitually, some occasionally, use inappropriate means to achieve their ends. Always there are victims—at work, in clubs, in families—and their numbers seem to be increasing.
Bullying: From Backyard to Boardroom is written in a clear and concise style. It is a practical book based on current research and the best theoretical frameworks. It is a useful resource for professionals who need to address bullying, for those experiencing bullying, and for those providing support to someone being bullied.
'Brave New Workplace - How Individual Contracts Are Changing Our Jobs'by David Peetz
David Peetz could have sub-titled this book "How individual contracts have been used to de-unionise Australian workplaces, " since, as he points out, this is the real purpose for which they have been used .
Another must read for the serious unionist. Recommended for full-time union officials and delegates who will recognise the experiences David describes.
'Violence at Work: Causes Patterns and Prevention'
edited by Martin Gill, Bonnie Fisher, Vaughan Bowie (William Publishing, UK)
From the back cover of the book:
Workplace violence has emerged as a rapidly growing concern in today’s interdependent political economy, and increasing attention is being paid to the phenomenon by business, industry, health and welfare services and the academic world: the central tasks are to identify its causes, and to devise strategies to both prevent and counter it. In this book a distinguished international team of contributors, composed of both academics and practitioners, identify and address the key issues, presenting the results and lessons to be learned from a range of case studies in the USA, Canada, Britain and Australia.
Overall this book provides an authoritative foundation from which to develop ways of better explaining, predicting, understanding and preventing workplace violence, and will be essential reading for anybody with an interest in the subject.
'The Work / Life Collision' - by Barbara Pocock (Federation Press)
From the back cover of the book:
Longer working hours, insecure jobs, child care, declining birth rates, parental leave, the ‘mummy track’, the success or failure of feminism – the levels of passion, vitriol, despair and guilt these subjects engender attest to the importance Australians place on them, and rightly so. Their effects go beyond how we feel: they affect vital economic and demographic trends.
The Work/Life Collision, grounded in thorough quantitative and qualitative research, analyses how these factors affect each other, in particular the collision of work and care and its implications for how we live.
Pocock guides us through the real experiences of Australian households and points to a uniquely Australian solution to a fairer world.
A host of traditional employment practices have been found to fall into this category (unlawful discrimination)—height and weight requirements, a last-on-first-off policy, job mobility conditions, even a bus ticketing system, have fallen foul of equal opportunity legislation.
This indirect discrimination legislation is complex and in places highly technical. Its impact and potential is little understood. Rosemary Hunter comprehensively analyses the legislation, State and Federal, private sector and public.
'Getting Past No - Negotiating with Difficult People'
by William Ury
Sequel to the bestseller, 'Getting to Yes'
This book was requested for selling in the ASUshop by an ASU trainer. Here are her comments about the book:
Thank you for sending me a copy of “Getting past no”. I appreciate it and on initial reading it will be very useful to our delegates. As if focuses on difficult negotiations I think it is of more benefit to our circumstances that “Getting to Yes”.
'Willing Slaves - How the Overwork Culture Is Ruling Our Lives'
by Madeline Bunting
The British work the longest hours in Europe. What do they get in return? Work-related stress is soaring and Britain has one of the highest rates of job insecurity in the world. Over a third of the workforce is so exhausted at the end of a day's work that they can only slump on the sofa. Among the questions Madeleine Bunting investigates in this radical and hard hitting expose of the overwork culture are:
Why do we work so hard?
Why do we put up with it?
What is the cost to our health, relationships and children?
Willing Slaves, based on first-hand research and hundreds of interviews explores the paradox of how we allow ourselves to be exploited and how we look to work to give out lives meaning and purpose. It reveals how such an astonishing fraud has been perpetrated and analyses why millions of workers face burnout but believe 'there is no alternative' - and what we have to do to take our own lives back.
'Dirt Cheap - Life at the Wrong End of the Job Market'
by Elisabeth Wynhausen
And you thought your job sucked...
Elisabeth Wynhausen has often written about the lives of the Australian working poor. Dirt Cheap is her account of the year she joined them, going undercover to work as a factory hand, checkout chick, kitchen hand and cleaner, and attempting to live on her meager earnings.
Caustic, courageous and often funny, Dirt Cheap is a unique view of class, power and middle management seen from the other side of the serving counter, and a very personal experience of what it is like to be underpaid, under-appreciated and part of Australia's emerging underclass.
'UNITED - A History of the Municipal Employees Union in NSW'
by Peter McMahon
Special Price
United tells the story of unionism in local government and the electricity industry recording the achievements and the battles of the past 100 years. As the Federated Municipal and Shires Employees Union turns 100 this history provides vital documentation of the union and the men and women who played a role in its development and formation over the past 100 years.
Children's Book - Recommended ages 3-7 (soft back cover)
Limited stock left.
This delightful book tells the tale of farmer brown and his cows that can type. Farmer Brown's problems start when his cows go on strike. This book has been recommend by unionists all over the world.
'The End of Equality - Work, Babies and Women's Choices in 21st Century Australia'
by Anne Summers
After speaking at the ASU National Women's conference in 2004 Anne Summers arranged for a discounted price for ASU Members of her latest book, The End of Equality.
Building Social Inclusion In Australia: Priorities for the Social and Community Services Sector Workforce - Recommendations for Stronger Social and Community Services.
The ASU prepared this recommendations report arising from the related discussion paper (see above) and a large survey of SACS workers carried out through the middle of 2007.
This publication is free to ASU members. Please select your branch and enter your membership number when ordering this item. If this is the only item that you are ordering, when in the check out stage of the order, you will be asked how you wish to make payment. Please nominate to pay by cheque and enter “FREE” into the cheque number field. A maximum of one (1) publication per person per order.
Building Social Inclusion In Australia: Priorities for the Social and Community Services Sector Workforce - Discussion Paper
The ASU prepared this research as a starting point for further community and sector consultation about the issues that confront social and community services sector workers.
This publication is free to ASU members. Please select your branch and enter your membership number when ordering this item. If this is the only item that you are ordering, when in the check out stage of the order, you will be asked how you wish to make payment. Please nominate to pay by cheque and enter “FREE” into the cheque number field. A maximum of one (1) publication per person per order.
'Can Call Centres Be Better Places To Work?' ASU Survey Results Booklet
Many people have contributed to this report. ASU officials from both the National Office and Branches participated to the designing and development of the questions in the survey. National office staff, especially Brigid Marasco, prepared and formatted the report for printing and all ASU call centre organisers are continuing to use the survey to inform workers in this industry of the findings.
The academic analysis of the survey was undertaken by Ruth Barton, a Research Fellow at the Key Centre of Industrial Relations at Monash University, Melbourne. The high quality analysis has led to informed debate in the community, at the workplace, and all levels of policy development within the ASU and beyond; this process will undoubtedly continue to occur.
Alternatively you can download a pdf form from the link below:
This is a resource designed to assist members and their union reps to include increased superannuation contributions as part of their claims on employers in agreement negotiations. It is widely understood that the legislated minimum super contribution of 9% is not sufficient to maintain workers' living standards in retirement, so the ASU recognises the need to pursue better super for our members in other forums.
This publication is free to ASU members. Please select your branch and enter your membership number when ordering this item. If this is the only item that you are ordering, when in the check out stage of the order, you will be asked how you wish to make payment. Please nominate to pay by cheque and enter “FREE” into the cheque number field. A maximum of one (1) publication per person per order.
The Operating report contains details of the ASU's activities in the 2005/2006 year.
This publication is free to ASU members. Please select your branch and enter your membership number when ordering this item. If this is the only item that you are ordering, when in the check out stage of the order, you will be asked how you wish to make payment. Please nominate to pay by cheque and enter “FREE” into the cheque number field. A maximum of one (1) publication per person per order.
This document outlines the ASU's position on Paid Maternity Leave.
This publication is free to ASU members. Please select your branch and enter your membership number when ordering this item. If this is the only item that you are ordering, when in the check out stage of the order, you will be asked how you wish to make payment. Please nominate to pay by cheque and enter “FREE” into the cheque number field. A maximum of one (1) publication per person per order.
The ASU through its affiliation with Public Services International (PSI) is supporting the international campaign to ‘Make Poverty History’. You can show your support for the campaign by wearing one of these wristbands. Available in silicon or cotton, both are marked with the ‘Make Poverty History’ logo.
Long time union activist (and ASU Membership Development Organizer) LITA GILLIES puts her vocal chords to fine use on this superb 10 track CD “WE ARE UNION.” Lita’s inspiration is drawn from her active involvement in picket lines, community assemblies and rallies over the years and reflects her thoughts and emotions in a positive way.
“WE ARE UNION” is a celebration of solidarity and determination across various genres to suit all ages and tastes AND features 8 ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS WRITTEN BY LITA. Proceeds from this CD will go to the CFMEU Fighting Fund and Union Solidarity. More info and audio clips can be heard at www.unionmaid.com.au.
These are the great looking ‘Proud To Be Union’ lapel badges produced by Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA. Available in 9 different colours and measure 17mm x 24mm. Terrific for showing your union pride everywhere you go.
The ASUshop is selling these badges on behalf of APHEDA. All funds from the sale of these badges go directly to APHEDA. The ASU is a long time supporter of APHEDA ‘s work and encourages you to support their campaigns. For more information about APHEDA’s campaigns go to: http://www.apheda.org.au.
Please note: Purchase price includes postage and handling. If this is the only item that you are purchasing you will not be charged for additional postage at the checkout stage. Choose the colour of the badge that you want from the drop box on the right.
ACTU Alcohol and Other Drugs in the Workplace Policy
The Australian trade union movement is acutely aware of the dangers posed by alcohol and/or other drugs (AODs). The underlying causes may be personal and/or social in nature, related to the work environment and needs to be addressed in a strong, consistent, humane and evidence based manner, by employer, workers and their representative organisations.
The purpose of this Policy is to provide a framework for employers and workers to follow when dealing with issues relating to the consumption of AODs and to meet their obligations under relevant occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation.
'Streetwise - Preventing Work-Related Stress (A Guide For Employers In the Public Sector)' 2nd Edition
Work-related stress is a growing problem around the world with increased demands for public services, work intensification, downsizing, outsourcing and globalisation creating pressures that affect the health and wellbeing of employees and the productivity of organisations.
Following musculoskeletal disorders, work-related stress is the second most common compensated illness/injury in Australia. During 2004/05 more than $133.9 million was paid in benefits to workers who had made claims related to workplace stress. This picture is also reflected in Victoria where work-related stress, particularly in the public sector, has in recent times presented a growing percentage of workers compensation claims. The indirect costs to people suffering from work-related stress, and their families and colleagues, make it clear that preventing stress needs to be addressed by Victorian industry and the broader community. This guide provides practical advice to help public sector workplaces better understand their legal obligations for workplace consultation and the prevention of risks to psychological and physical health that arise from work-related stress.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Victorian Worksafe publication. Legislation does differ between the various states and territories and we recommend that you check that the information is relevant to your state when reading this publication.
This item is free to ASU members. If this is the only item that you are ordering, when in the check out stage of the order, you will be asked how you wish to make payment. Please nominate to pay by cheque and enter “FREE” into the cheque number field. A maximum of one (1) publication per person per order.
'Basic Steps To Prevent Falls From Heights' - 1st Edition
The information in this brochure is provided for people or organisations that have responsibilities under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act 2004 for ensuring a safe and healthy environment. This guidance is intended to illustrate some measures that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of injuries from falls, both above and below two metres. You should also check the Occupational Health and Safety (Prevention of Falls) Regulations 2003 and the OHS Act to determine the legal requirements that relate to your specific situation.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Victorian Worksafe publication. Legislation does differ between the various states and territories and we recommend that you check that the information is relevant to your state when reading this publication.
This item is free to ASU members. If this is the only item that you are ordering, when in the check out stage of the order, you will be asked how you wish to make payment. Please nominate to pay by cheque and enter “FREE” into the cheque number field. A maximum of one (1) publication per person per order.
More than 100,000 Victorian workers risk their hearing every day in noisy workplaces. Exposure to dangerous levels of noise can cause permanent hearing loss and tinnitus (ringing in the ears). While excessive noise remains a significant issue in many workplaces, it can be controlled.
This guide will help you understand the problem, and will explain what you need to do to make your workplace safe.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Victorian Worksafe publication. Legislation does differ between the various states and territories and we recommend that you check that the information is relevant to your state when reading this publication.
This item is free to ASU members. If this is the only item that you are ordering, when in the check out stage of the order, you will be asked how you wish to make payment. Please nominate to pay by cheque and enter “FREE” into the cheque number field. A maximum of one (1) publication per person per order.
'Guide For Assessing and Fixing Noise Problems At Work'
Hearing loss is a significant problem in many workplaces but it can be prevented. Where it occurs it can have a big effect on a business and on employees’ lives. Imagine how frustrating it would be to have to keep asking people to repeat themselves in normal conversation or not being able to hear background noises like the telephone, the doorbell or warning signals?
This guide provides information on how noise affects hearing, how to assess exposure to noise and how to fix noise problems in the workplace. There is also specific advice for purchasing quieter equipment, some information on who can conduct hearing tests and where to find further information. It also includes a summary of the legal requirements associated with exposure to noise in the workplace. However, you should refer to the Occupational Health and Safety (Noise) Regulations 2004 for specific legal requirements.
The guide provides information on managing noise problems and contributes to the state of knowledge for compliance with the 2004 Occupational Health and Safety (Noise) Regulations. The purpose of the guide is to provide interim advice until such time as a new Victorian Compliance Code for Noise is developed.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Victorian Worksafe publication. Legislation does differ between the various states and territories and we recommend that you check that the information is relevant to your state when reading this publication.
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Bullying and occupational violence are issues which are, rightly, causing increasing concern and need to be addressed by the Victorian community. Apart from the physical and psychological effects on individuals, their families and colleagues, they reduce productivity across an organisation. They are mainstream issues that should be considered in every workplace. Bullying can cost not only the goodwill of the workforce, and profits, but also the company’s reputation if the matter goes to court.
Occupational violence also has a broad range of effects on workplaces and individuals. Of particular concern is that young people, at the start of their working lives, are among the most vulnerable. This material shows that bullying and occupational violence are not “part of the job” and are never acceptable. Bullying and occupational violence are issues that must be seriously addressed by business, the workforce and the community. Employers need to assess risk, ensure control measures are in place and join with the workforce to ensure it does not become a problem.
This guidance material is a significant step forward in the program of the Victorian Government and WorkSafe to change attitudes towards bullying and occupational violence in the workplace. The prevention framework explains how organisations can take steps to make workplaces safer. This Guidance Note has been prepared with the assistance of employer groups and unions whose representatives have worked closely with WorkSafe Victoria. I commend all parties for their hard work and preparedness to address these issues and identify practical solutions.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Victorian Worksafe publication. Legislation does differ between the various states and territories and we recommend that you check that the information is relevant to your state when reading this publication.
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Working Safely In Community Services - 2nd Edition
Community services workers play a vital role in caring for our people and helping to maintain a quality of life expected in Australian society, often in challenging and confronting circumstances.
This publication is based on the Community Services Safety Pack developed by WorkCover New South Wales in consultation with its community services organisations, including the Council of Social Services of New South Wales (NCOSS).
This version has been developed to ensure compliance with Victorian law and to incorporate helpful contact information. Consultation with Victoria’s community services peak bodies and relevant government departments informed its adaptation. Please note: if your organisation provides homecare services you should also refer to the Victorian Home Care Industry Occupational Health and Safety Guide that specifically covers home maintenance, meals on wheels, respite, attendant care and personal care.
Contents in this publication cover the following areas:
Health and safety basics
Managing OHS in your workplace
Checklists and tools
Managing accidents and claims
Resources and links
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Victorian Worksafe publication. Legislation does differ between the various states and territories and we recommend that you check that the information is relevant to your state when reading this publication.
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Working Safely In Visiting Health Services - 1st Edition
This excellent publication has been produced by Worksafe Victoria. It is aimed at employers or duty workers and employees whom provide health services in an environment external to a purpose built workplace. (Please note: It does not include the home care industry or community based services).
For many years Victorian health professionals, such as nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and medical practitioners, have been providing assessment and treatment services in clients’ homes. In recent years there has been an increase in the provision of healthcare services in clients’ homes, particularly with the development of Hospital in the Home (HITH) programs and Hospital Admission Risk Programs (HARP).
This publication refers to all healthcare services that provide assessment and treatment services in clients’ homes and other community settings as ‘visiting health services’. Some examples of visiting health services are HITH, district nursing, community mental health services, visiting pathology services and general practitioners (GPs) These services are delivered in a variety of locations, including private homes, rooming or boarding houses, supported accommodation residential services, crisis accommodation, community residential units, and hotels.
Under occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation, employers have a duty to control risk associated with visiting health services. This Guide sets out practical ways to prevent the two principal hazards associated with visiting health services – occupational violence and musculoskeletal disorders. It provides advice for employers, employees, health and safety representatives (HSRs) and other people involved in visiting health services.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Victorian Worksafe publication. Legislation does differ between the various states and territories and we recommend that you check that the information is relevant to your state when reading this publication.
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Officewise - A Guide To Health and Safety In The Office
Almost every organisation has some office-based work. This guide promotes health and safety in the office and is designed as a resource for managers, supervisors and anyone involved in office work. It brings together a range of information and provides references where more information is necessary.
Officewise is designed to help employers and employees take a look at their workplace. It aims to:
raise awareness of health and safety issues in the office
help identify existing and potential health and safety problems
encourage consultation on health and safety issues
help employers meet their legal responsibilities in relation to health and safety
offer solutions and advice
give guidance on where to go for further information and help.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Victorian Worksafe publication. Legislation does differ between the various states and territories and we recommend that you check that the information is relevant to your state when reading this publication.
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‘Good Practice Guide for Occupational Health and Safety in Call Centres'
This Good Practice Guide was produced by the Australian Services Union, Victorian Private Sector Branch, with funding provided by Worksafe Victoria’s Safety Development Fund.
This Good Practice Guide aims to be practical and incorporate the Victorian Occupational Health and Safety Act’s key principles; the responsibility of the employer to provide a safe and healthy workplace and the need for genuine consultation between management and employees to address health & safety issues in the workplace.
Call centres have enabled a diverse range of organisations to centralize communication and interaction between themselves, their clients and customers. Continuing to prove an efficient and economical interface, employment in call centres continues to grow at a rate of 8% per year. As the industry is estimated to employ 240,000 Australians and over 70,000 Victorians, health and safety issues in call centres need to be given serious consideration.
Work strain causes injuries and pain to our backs, shoulders, necks, arms, wrists and our whole bodies. These are the most common health and safety problems in Australia. In 2001, more than 76,000 Australian workers received workers’ compensation for what are commonly called sprain and strain or musculoskeletal injuries – that’s more than 200 per day!
Some people think that work strain is just ‘part of the job’. This is not true. It is preventable and should be stopped. This brochure highlights the causes and impacts of strain and stress on the body in the workplace and offers some suggestions on how to alleviate such duress in the workplace and what employers should be doing to make your place a safe and responsible workplace.
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‘Stop Stress at Work – A Union Guide for Workers’ booklet
This guide aims to provide workers with information to help them and their workplace representatives deal with work-related stress. It contains information about the day-to-day working conditions which are causing stress and provides ideas and strategies to help prevent or reduce it.
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‘ACTU Health and Safety Guidelines for Shift Work and Extended Working Hours’ Booklet
An invaluable guideline produced by the ACTU. This guide examines the health and safety hazards associated with shift work and extended working hours, and recommend measures for their assessment and control. They are intended for use by employees and by union delegates, members and other employee representatives who have to deal with changes to working arrangements.
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‘ACTU Guidelines for Working in Seasonal Heat’ Booklet
An invaluable guideline produced by the ACTU covering the hazards caused by working in hot conditions, and ways of overcoming the dangers.
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‘Being Bossed Around Is Bad For Your Health’ brochure
This brochure aims to raise awareness amongst the community, workers, unions, employers, health professionals, OHS authorities and governments that bullying is a serious health and safety hazard. It outlines basic issues and an employers legal duty to ensure a safe and harassment free workplace.
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This charter is an A3 sized poster that can be displayed in the workplace to affirm employee’s rights and their entitlement to join a genuine trade union. The Charter of Rights sets out the rights and responsibilities of all workplace parties in the provision of decent and fair health, safety, compensation and rehabilitation systems and practices within Australian workplaces. Regardless of jurisdiction, changes to occupational health and safety, compensation and rehabilitation law must not result in a diminution of the rights and entitlements of any worker.
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