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词条 Health Services Union
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  1. Branch structure

  2. History

      Financial controversy  

  3. References

  4. External links

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|name= Health Services Union
|members=70,000 (2015)
|country= Australia
|affiliation= ACTU
|founded= 1911 (as Hospital and Asylum Attendants and Employees Union Australia)
|office= Melbourne
|key people=Lloyd Williams (National President), Chris Brown (National Secretary)
|website= {{URL|www.hsu.net.au}}
}}

The Health Services Union (HSU) is a specialist health union with around 70,000 members working in the healthcare and social assistance industries across Australia.[1]

The membership of the union includes doctors, and allied health professionals such as physiotherapists and radiographers, ambulance officers, clerical and administrative staff, managers and support staff.

The HSU National Office is located in Melbourne, Victoria. Its current National Secretary is Chris Brown.

Branch structure

The HSU is a federated union, with branches in every state and territory of Australia. Each branch of the HSU covers different workers depending on the state they reside, their workplace and their occupation. Below is a list of the nine branches of the HSU.

  • HSU NSW/ACT
  • HSU QLD
  • HSU SA/NT
  • HSU TAS (trading as the Health and Community Services Union - HACSU)
  • HSU VIC No. 1 (trading as the Health Workers Union - HWU)
  • HSU VIC No. 2 (trading as the Health and Community Services Union - HACSU)
  • HSU VIC No. 3 (trading as the Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association - VAHPA)
  • HSU VIC No. 4 (trading as the Medical Scientists Association of Victoria; Victorian Psychologists Association and; Association of Hospital Pharmacists)
  • HSU WA

History

The union officially came into existence in 1991 with the amalgamation of two existing unions, the Hospital Employees' Federation (HEF) and The Health and Research Employees Association (HREA).[2] But its origins date back to the early years of the twentieth century when organisations of hospital employees were first formed in Australia.

Over the years the membership of the unions that eventually came together to form the HSU has been based around a nucleus of hospital staff and psychiatric care staff. But it has gone much further to include ambulance, aged care, community health, disability sector, hospital scientists, mental health and drug and alcohol workers.

Financial controversy

{{main|Health Services Union expenses affair}}

A former HSU national Secretary, Craig Thomson, faced allegations from 2008[3] that he used an HSU union credit card to pay for escorts and other financial improprieties with the card. Amid the allegations, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) suspended the HSU's membership.[4] Thomson maintains his innocence, but in May 2012, a report by Fair Work Australia recommended that civil court action be taken against Thomson for what the report says was a "substantial misuse of members' funds".[5] On 31 January 2013, Thomson was arrested and was expected to face 150 fraud charges in Wyong Local Court.[6]

Following regulatory and administrative investigations, criminal trials and a subsequent appeal, on 15 December 2014, Thomson, a former Labor politician, was found guilty in the Victorian County Court of thirteen charges of theft and convicted and fined A$25,000.[7][8][9] Forty-nine charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception were dismissed[9] following an earlier finding in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on 18 February 2014 against Thomson of defrauding the HSU in order to pay for personal expenses.[10][11][12][13] On 25 March 2014, Thomson was convicted on 65 charges of fraud and theft for using Health Services Union funds for personal benefit and sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, with nine months suspended over two years. Thomson's legal team immediately lodged an appeal against the conviction and sentence and was granted bail.[14][15][16][17][18]

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://hsu.net.au/about-us/|title=About Us|publisher=HSU National|accessdate=16 November 2015|date=16 November 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=The HSU: anatomy of a Labor nightmare|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-03/the-hsu-anatomy-of-a-labor-nightmare/3986558|work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=4 May 2012}}
3. ^"Embattled Thomson suspended from Labor Party". ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 29 April 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012 (updated)
4. ^{{cite news|title=ACTU suspends Health Services Union|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-05/actu-suspends-health-services-union/3935476|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=7 May 2012|newspaper=ABC News|date=5 May 2012}}
5. ^{{cite news|last=Wright|first=Jessica|title=Fair Work moves on Thomson over 'misuse' of HSU funds and escort services|url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/fair-work--moves-on-thomson-over-misuse-of-hsu-funds-and-escort-services-20120507-1y86c.html|accessdate=7 May 2012|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=7 May 2012}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Craig Thomson arrested by fraud squad|url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/craig-thomson-arrested-by-fraud-squad-20130131-2dmnn.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=31 January 2013|accessdate=|author=}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/craig-thomson-convicted-and-fined-25000-20141217-1294ha.html|title=Craig Thomson convicted and fined $25,000|work=The Age|date=17 December 2014|accessdate=17 December 2014|author=Cooper, Adam}}
8. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-17/craig-thomson-fined-escapes-jail-time-over-hsu-theft/5972518|title=Craig Thomson appeal: Former federal MP escapes prison term over theft from Health Services Union|work=ABC News|location=Australia|date=17 December 2014|accessdate=17 December 2014}}
9. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-15/craig-thomson-appeal-former-mp-not-guilty-on-49-charges/5967124|title=Craig Thomson appeal: Former MP not guilty of 49 fraud charges, guilty of theft|author=Carlyon, Peta|date=15 December 2014|accessdate=15 December 2014|work=ABC News|location=Australia}}
10. ^{{cite news|last=Akerman|first=Pia|title=Craig Thomson found guilty of defrauding HSU |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/craig-thomson-found-guilty-of-defrauding-hsu/story-e6frg6nf-1226830337709 |accessdate=18 February 2014 |newspaper=The Australian}}
11. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/how-craig-thomson-came-undone-20140218-32xzv.html |title=How Craig Thomson came undone |author=Davies, Anne |date=18 February 2014 |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=18 February 2014 }}
12. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/craig-thomson-found-guilty-of-fraud-theft-charges-20140218-32xay.html?rand=1392700646386 |title=Craig Thomson found guilty of fraud, theft charges |author=Cooper, Adam |date=18 February 2014 |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=18 February 2014 |agency=AAP }}
13. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2013/s3947384.htm |author=Donovan, Samantha |title=Thomson found guilty on fraud/theft charges |date=18 February 2014 |work=PM |publisher=ABC Radio |accessdate=18 February 2014 }}
14. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-25/craig-thomson-fraud-hsu-sentencing/5342428 |title=Craig Thomson: Former Labor MP sentenced for defrauding Health Services Union |date=25 March 2014 |work=ABC News |location=Australia |accessdate=25 March 2014}}
15. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/former-mp-craig-thomson-sentenced-to-three-months-jail/story-fni0fee2-1226863919858 |title=Former MP Craig Thomson sentenced to three months’ jail |date=25 March 2014 |work=The Herald Sun |accessdate=25 March 2014}}
16. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/craig-thomson-sentenced-to-12-months-jail-nine-months-suspended-20140325-35f67.html#ixzz2xS9PgXJQ |title=Craig Thomson sentenced to 12 months' jail, nine months suspended |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |author=Cooper, Adam |date=25 March 2014 |accessdate=25 March 2014 }}
17. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/craig-thomson-bailed-ahead-of-appeal-over-jail-sentence-for-hsu-fraud/story-fn59noo3-1226863996174 |title=Craig Thomson bailed ahead of appeal over jail sentence for HSU fraud |work=The Australian |author=Akerman, Pia |agency=AAP |date=25 March 2014 |accessdate=25 March 2014 }}
18. ^{{cite web|title=Prosecution error clears Thomson|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/25770688/ex-mp-craig-thomson-to-learn-his-fate/|website=au.news.yahoo.com|accessdate=15 December 2014|date=15 December 2014}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

External links

{{Portal|Organized labour}}
  • Official website
  • Official website - NSW Branch
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20050625080457/http://www.actu.asn.au/ Australian Council of Trade Unions]
  • {{cite web|url= http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?urleet_ctte/ctte_info/Final_Report_HSU_National_Office_investigation.pdf |title=Fair Work Australia Report into the National Branch of the Health Services Union received by the Committee 7 May 2012 }} {{small|(7396KB)}}

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