Australian Services Union - Qld Branch

• Representing members in workplace and industry-wide negotiations with employers and employer organizations
• Representing members before the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, state industrial tribunals and other courts and tribunals on matters relevant to industrial and workplace issues
• Providing information to members about their employment and related rights and obligations
• Lobbying State and Federal governments and other relevant bodies about matters of concern to members and their families in relation to employment and living standards
• Publicising to members and to the community issues of concern to members and proposals to address these concerns
• Conducting research and other activities in order to enable the Union to effectively carry out these functions
• Providing members and their families with access to a range of goods and services on favourable terms

The Union collects personal information from members, including name, address, employer, occupation, date of birth, country of birth, main language spoken and contact details.

The Union collects this information in order to:

• Contact members about matters relating to their Union membership.
• Ensure that services and programs are relevant to the needs of members, including by carrying out surveys and other research.
• Meet statutory requirements under the Workshop Relations Act 1996 and other relevant legislation.

More detailed information is collected where the Union is assisting members with individual cases.

The Union's privacy policy includes:

• A commitment to secure storage of and control of access to personal information by the Union and any other organisations with which it deals
• A commitment not to pass information to third parties without the member's consent, other than in particular cases of contracted-out services, such as use of mail houses, or where required by law
• A member can contact the Union to view information held about him or her and may correct any inaccuracies
• Members who do not wish to receive information from the Union by mail, email or other means, may contact the Union to arrange this

With regard to our web site:

• We do not use cookies or any other means to covertly acquire information about any visitor to our web site
• The only data we collect from our web site is raw statistical log data from our web server (eg: page views, hits etc) which - by its very nature - cannot identify any individual
• We have a strict anti-spam policy. This means that we do not send out email communications except where these are requested. Anyone in receipt of such communications can request that they be removed from our mailing list by simply asking that we do so. Their request will be honoured immediately.
• All the rules that we apply to offline privacy apply equally to online privacy.

Any member who has any concerns or questions about a privacy issue should address all enquiries to our Branch Secretary David Smith.

Material published on this website is for information purposes only. The Australian Services Union Queensland Services Branch cannot guarantee that the information is complete, correct or current. Confirmation should be sought from our offices for any official advice.

The Australian Services Union Queensland Services Branch accepts no responsibility for the content of any external sites we link to.