Anna Stewart Memorial Program

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Previous programs in South Australia have been a resounding success. Participants have been located in a variety of blue and white collar unions. In feedback at the end of the program, union officials describe the benefits for their unions in having a woman from the Project in their offices.

 

 

All of the women participants feel that their opportunity to see the practical operation of their union, or another union, deepens their understanding of the union movement, the issues for women members especially, and strengthened their commitment to union involvement.

 

In 1984 a number of women attended the Anna Stewart Memorial Project, in the TUTA video we see them 11 years later in 1995. They hold positions such as

• Theresa Grima - Project Officer, Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union (Vic)

• Jan Armstrong - Secretary Health Services Union (Vic)

• Jill Brookes - Education Officer, Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union (Vic)

• Gaye Yuille - Executive President Australian Services Union

• Including Gail Gago - Member of the Legislative Council and past Secretary Australian Nursing Federation (SA), who was a participant in 1988

• In 1995 Geoff-lyn Cowin attended the Project, she became a shop steward at her workplace when she returned to work, became a member of her union's Women's Committee from March 1996 and was appointed to the AA position on the State Council of the South Australian AMWU from October 1996 to July 1998

• In 1993 Tracy Nelson was a participant. She later joined the Organising Works Program and was very successful as a Recruitment Officer with the AMWU from May 1996 to May 1998. In 1999 Tracy helped to coordinate the Anna Stewart Memorial Project.

These are just a handful of women that have attended the project.