Queensland Public Sector Union
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| Queensland Public Sector Union of Employees | |
| Queensland Public Sector Union | |
| Members | 30 000 |
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| Country | Australia |
| Affiliation | ACTU |
| Key people | Alex Scott |
| Office location | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Website | http://www.qpsu.org.au |
The Queensland Public Sector Union is an Australian trade union for most workers employed by the Queensland state government. The QPSU operates on an organising model, which entails making delegates and members more participatory in their industrial activism.
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[edit] Union Council and Delegates
The Union Council is the QPSU's peak decision making body. Every two years the electoral commission holds elections for Council delegates. Each delegate represents members in their agency to ensure all members have a say in their union. In addition, regional branch presidents are also automatically members of the Union Council to ensure the views union members throughout Queensland are represented. Union Council meets five times a year to consider policies and make decisions for the best interests of union members.
[edit] Union Structure
The Union is organised as follows (in no hierarchical order):
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| Name | Responsibilities | |
| Executive | General Secretary; Assistant General Secretary elected by council and members | |
| Delegate Support Unit | Staff who liase with delegates in allocated departments, who organise industrial action, and are industrial officers for concerns which concern more than one member. | |
| Information Support Unit | Clerical staff which handle correspondence and financial membership issues. | |
| Organising Call Centre | An outbound call centre of non specialist union staff who survey members on current industrial issues and policy | |
| Membership Services Centre | The area which industrial officers manage the toll free inbound call centre which manage member's individual industrial grievances. The officers also undertake caseloads of members who have continuing industrial issues. | |
| Bargaining Team | A team of specialist industrial staff who negotiate enterprise bargaining agreements and other arbitration between members and departments. | |
| Organising Team | A recruiting team, visit workplaces and encourage union action and membership. | |
| Delegates | Union members who have elected to be a workplace representative. | |
| Union Council | Delegates elected by the rank and file members of the union body to sit on council to discuss, vote and decide on union constitutional matters and policy. | |
[edit] Organising Call Centre
The Queensland Public Sector Union was the first trade union in Australia to have an outbound call centre (OCC)in 2003. The OCC is dedicated to contacting members after business hours surveying members on union matters. The call centre consists of 10 - 15 typically young labour activists or university students who are trained to collect survey information vital for Union activity.
[edit] ALP affiliation
The QPSU is not affiliated to the Australian Labor Party and therefore does not partake in state conferences with the ALP to maintain political neutrality. However, the QPSU typically supports the ALP due to labour policies which would benefit union members.
[edit] Campaigns
The QPSU has been involved in the Your Rights at Work campaign. The QPSU has also had campaigns specifically targeting departments under the Queensland State Government including; Queensland Department of Health, Queensland Department of Child Safety and Department of Disability Services Queensland.
