Australian Services Union Darwin
Associations in Latrobe

We have various resources to help you engage with the ASL and find out more information about us, from joining to reading the latest submissions we have lodged. By acting together, workers in the industries and occupations we represent are in the very superior position to save their rights at work and to accomplish better wages and conditions. National Executive meets three times a year. National Conference meets biennially (once every two years). The members of National Executive is as follows: Branches send delegates to National Conference according to a formula based on number of members in each Branch. National elected officers are also delegates to National Conference with one vote each. All National Conference meetings are recorded in the calendar, along with the city in which they are to receive place. This year's National Conference theme, unions shaping our society, is planned to capture the union movement's role in creating a better Australia through participation in community building with collective action. National Conference Official Delegate List (note: not all are attending). Life Membership of the Union is bestowed on members in recognition of their dedication over the years to the Australian Services Union. These codes are often found in newspapers, advertising posters and other printed media. Jody is portion of the research team, writing submissions to various inquiries, performs corporate research in preparation for bargaining as well as award and agreement analysis. Portion of the award modernization review team. Manages our industrial resources and records system. Len is portion of the research team, writing submissions to various inquiries, and reports on a range of topics such as privatization and local government issues. Assists with campaigns and projects, and provides advice to National officers Branches. As one of the first unions to try to earnings a federal award lower the Arbitration Act, its claim became a famous test case in Australian legal and industrial history. This resulted in the beginning definite definition of industry, not only winning for the union its beginning award but opening the way for all unions to claim industry wide awards. At that time it had fair one Branch and 119 members. In 1970, the eligibility rules were changed again when coverage of private industry airlines was included. Registration of a union to represent employees in the business equipment, electronics and newly developing computer industry came about as a result of the deterioration of conditions in the industry in the slow sixties. Over the next few years the Guild established Branches in maximum states, and despite its sparse resources continued to organism and guard workers in what has now become the information technology field. After World War Two more federal awards were achieved in the oil, airlines and wool industries.

The ASL has coverage in numerous industries with members involved in a wide range of occupations. Remember to visit your industry page to find industry specific campaigns. We have various resources to aid you engage with the ASL and find out more information about us, from joining to reading the latest submissions we have lodged. The donate ASL is one of the largest unions in Australia with an estimated membership of 120,00. The amalgamation brought together these three unions as partners within a new organization, the ASL, which introduced a unused structure that would ensure a representative and democratic Union for all. The Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union (FMSCEU) is one of the few remaining laborers' unions of the many formed in the late 19th century, still in existence today. As one of the first unions to try to profit a federal award under the Arbitration Act, its claim became a famous test case in Australian legal and industrial history. Obvious as the Municipalities Case, it led to a Tall Court challenges by councils on the power of the Arbitration Commission to make industry wide agreements. This resulted in the first definite definition of industry, not only winning for the union its first award but opening the way for all unions to claim industry expansive awards. At that time it had fair one Branch and 119 members. In 1945 it expanded beyond the rail area to include salaried officers engaged in connection with air transport, provided they were employed on or behalf of the Crown. In 1970, the eligibility rules were changed again when coverage of private industry airlines was included. Registration of a union to represent employees in the business equipment, electronics and newly developing computer industry came about as a result of the deterioration of conditions in the industry in the slow sixties. In its premature years, the Technical Service Guild worked to establish a Federal Award which it gained in 1971, amid the fiercely anti union sentiment of large employer groups in the industry. Over the next scanty years the Guild es