Campaigns
The HSU fights for secure jobs, stronger communities and a fairer society. See examples of recent campaigns below.
Focus on Optometry
Join optometrists around the nation reclaiming their value and raising standards across the sector.
Extend Paid Placements to Allied Health Students
Allied health students are the future of a strong Medicare and will be the backbone of Thriving Kids – but
Reproductive Health Leave
Reproductive health issues can affect anybody, at any stage of their working life. Normal leave entitlements often aren’t enough, and people end up having to take unpaid leave, and jeopardising their jobs.
Support Disability Support Workers
The recent review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has found that skilled disability support workers (DSWs) are either being pushed out, or are burning out, due to poor working conditions and low wages.
Changing Aged Care
For too long, aged care in Australia has relied on the goodwill of an undervalued, underpaid and insecure workforce made up mostly of women.