My Union Celebrating our 20th anniversary This year’s National Council coincided with the twentieth anniversary of the NTEU’s foundation on 1 October 1993. Five unions – the Federated of Australian University Staff Associations (FAUSA), the Union of Australian College Academics (UACA), the Australian Colleges and Universities Staff Association (ACUSA), the Australian National University Administrative and Allied Officers Association (ANU AACA) and the University of Adelaide General Staff Association (UAGSA) – were amalgamated to form an industry union covering all academic and general staff.
Above: Celebrating NTEU’s 20th anniversary at the 3 October reception in Melbourne: (from left) Adrian Ryan, Ralph Hall, Meredith Burgmann and Neil Harpley. Below: John Graham, Peter Cardwell and Tracey Bunda.
At a reception on 3 October 2013, and at the National Council dinner the next evening, guests and delegates heard first hand accounts of the amalgamation process from those involved in the long struggle to create an industry union, and from senior office bearers of the pre-merger unions. Many former staff of the amalgamating unions also attended. Special guest speakers included Ralph Hall (FAUSA President 1988-90 and foundation NTEU Executive Member), Kerry Lewis (ACUSA Secretary 1988-93 and foundation NTEU Joint General Secretary), Patrick Wright (UACA President 1986-88 and Advocate columnist), Meredith Burgmann (FAUSA-NSW Officer 1977-85 and former President of the NSW Legislative Council), Neil Harpley (FAUSA President 1987-88), Nigel Wood (ACUSA President 1988-90), Jenny Strauss (FAUSA Executive Member 1987-91), Alan Patching (FCA President 1978-79) and Tracey Bunda (Indigenous Policy Committee 1997-2001).
View the NTEU 20th Anniversary slideshow, featuring over 300 images from every Branch covering the last two decades: vimeo.com/nteutv/nteu20years
Grahame McCulloch, General Secretary
Transitional National Executive
• Arthur Crook (UACA)
The first NTEU National Executive, as it transitioned from its amalgamating associations, was held in South Melbourne on 2 October 1993. The members were:
• David Garlick (FAUSA)
• Di Zetlin (FAUSA), President
• Joan Hardy (UACA), Vice-President
• Pauline Hore (ANU AACA)
• Kerry Lewis (ACUSA), Joint General Secretary
• Paul Rodan (ACUSA), Vice-President
• Anne Learmonth (ACUSA)
• Margaret Allen (UACA)
• Gillian Lupton (FAUSA)
• Carolyn Allport (FAUSA)
• Rob McQueen (FAUSA)
• Gary Cox (UAGSA)
• Lyndsay Roper (ACUSA)
• Grahame McCulloch (UACA), Joint General Secretary • Ralph Hall (FAUSA), Vice-President
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• Bill Ford (FAUSA)
• Howard Guille (UACA)