Health and Community Services Union
- Health and Community Services Union
THe Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) is a Victorian branch the Health Services Union of Australia (HSUA). HSUA is registered organisation under the provisions of the Australian Workplace Relations Act 1996.
HACSU represents the majority of staff employed in psychiatric, intellectual disability and alcohol and drug services in Victoria.
As a Union HACSU represents members to provide the collective strength to bargain for reasonable wages and conditions and ensure proper professional standards are delivered.
History
The Union was first registered under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act as a Federal Organisation on 12 April 1911, but had been operating on an informal basis for a number of years before that. It was then called "The Hospital and Asylum Attendants and Employees' Union", and its only members were in Victoria.
In 1914 the name was changed to "The Hospital Dispensary and Asylum Employees' Association". From 1924 branches in other states were formed.
On May 26, 1922 another Melbourne based Federal Organisation - "The Hospital Employees' Association" - was registered. All its members worked in Victorian and NSW mental hospitals.
An amalgamation of the two bodies took place in 1930 and formed "The Hospital, Dispensary and Asylum Employees' and Allied Government Officers' Federation of Australia".
In 1946 the name was then formally changed to "The Hospital Employees' Federation of Australasia" and became the "The Hospital Employees' Federation of Australia" (HEF) in 1959.
In the 1950s the HEF split into two separate branches in Victoria, the Number 1 Branch and the Number 2 Branch. The Number 2 Branch is now called HACSU.
In 1991, the HEF (including HACSU amalgamated with the N.S.W Health Services Union. Both have a very long history record of supporting and organising members in mental healthand alcohol and drug disability services. [http://hacsu.asn.au/about/history.asp]
External Links
* [http://hacsu.asn.au|Official Website]
* [http://bettermentalhealth.org.au| Better Mental Health] - a site run by the Health and Community Services Union
* [http://actu.asn.au|Australian Council of Trade Unions]
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