On October 7, the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a sobering report on a 1.5°C hotter planet. At heart the report indicated that the amount of coal and other fossil fuel that humans can burn before things turn [...]
The next big Change The Rules rally, around the theme of wages, has been called for the 23rd of October. WHEN: Tuesday, October 23, 10.30am WHERE: Victorian Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St Carlton. Are you in? This will be of the same [...]
On 12 July VAHPA and the Victorian Hospitals’ Association (VHIA) reached in-principle agreement on a deal for a new enterprise agreement for stand-alone community health. Two weeks later VAHPA members met to consider the merits of the [...]
The Clean Sweep Team, headed up by Craig McGregor, Andrew Hewat and Cheryl O’Connor, has been returned to office for a further 4-year term. The election was not contested. “This is a great outcome and we are really proud to be able to [...]
Close on 100 Victorian Allied Health Professionals downed tools today as part of VAHPA’s long-running Defending Community Health campaign. Workers in the long-neglected sector last received a wage increase some two and a quarter years [...]
VAHPA members in Community Health are ramping up their campaign to achieve the strong agreement outcome that they have been fighting for. Allied Health Professionals in Community Health must have a modern and professional [...]
VAHPA is a democratic organization and as such we have regular elections. These take place once every four years, and 2018 is an election year. All 12 positions on the VAHPA Branch Committee of Management (BCOM), the body that oversees [...]
The all new VAHPA Mobile App is now available for IOS and Android users. This long awaited technological update to our system will make it easier for members to keep a close eye on our finances, to be aware of all decisions of Branch [...]
Yesterday, Australia’s Governor General, Peter Cosgrove, gave Royal Assent to the same-sex marriage bill and in doing so set the countdown for it to pass into law. At exactly midnight last night, Australia became a less discriminatory [...]
Are you missing team members? In most workplaces along with the usual “we’ll miss you!” when a colleague resigns, is the accompanying dread of “how long are they going to take to fill that vacancy”. The short answer has too often been, [...]
Quite a bit has been happening in the Community Health campaign both at the bargaining table and at your workplaces. And as we move towards the end of the year thing will really start to ramp up. By the way, it is vital that you share [...]
Pictured Above: VAHPA Secretary Craig McGregor with his partner Sarah and Vin Tagé at the VTHC Yes celebrations. a a As a union that stands for fairness, equality and for an end to discrimination, VAHPA welcomes the fact that the [...]