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Working Students Union Network

Working Students Union Network at O-Week 2006  -  22 February 2006
The Working Students Union Network (WSUN) is at university O-Weeks in 2006. This year WSUN will be focusing on the Your Rights at Work campaign on campus.
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Union Summer 2006 finishes a success  -  22 February 2006
Unions Summer 2006 had 23 participants, working with 8 unions. The participants, which included students from The University of Sydney, University of Western Sydney, The University of Technology Sydney, Australian National University and The University of Newcastle undertook a 3-week internship, which gave interns the opportunity to learn how a union operates.
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Working Students Union Network campaign for Your Rights At Work   -  22 February 2006
In 2006, the Working Students Union Network (WSUN) is bringing the Your Rights at Work campaign to University campuses and TAFE Colleges. WSUN activists are informing students of the impact the Federal Government’s new workplace laws will have on students.
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Find out your Rights at Work  -  02 August 2004
The Working Students Union Network are running rights at work workshops on campus this semester.
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Young workers treated badly by fast food industry  -  27 July 2004
The ACTU is very worried by a new report that shows young people working in the fast food industry are being badly treated and calls on the Federal Government’s to reconsider its plans to axe the national health and safety watchdog that helps protect young workers.
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Staff/Student Union Solidarity  -  05 July 2004
The work and potential of the Working Students Union Network is evident in the current campaign against cuts to Undergraduate Nursing at the University of Sydney.
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Get a Handbook about your rights at work  -  02 July 2004
If you are working, you have rights. But most students don't know what they are.
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Event at UTS  -  08 March 2004
Come to a BBQ and Forum at UTS where students and unionists will talk about their working conditions and how they improved them.
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Campus Forum at UNSW  -  08 March 2004
On Wednesday 10th March at 5pm for 5:30pm at Esmaes Cafe the UNSW Working Students Union Network will host its first event.
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Event at Sydney Uni  -  08 March 2004
The first event for the Network at Sydney Uni will take place on Wednesday 17th March from 1pm to 2pm at Cafe Tre Baci.
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UNSW Students launch Union Network  -  18 February 2004
Sharan Burrows and CNNNN will launch the WOrking Students Union Network at UNSW during Oweek on 25th February.
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Working Students Union Launch at Sydney Uni  -  16 February 2004
Students and unions are combining forces to launch a student union network on University campuses this year.
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Unions and Students combine forces on campus  -  16 February 2004
Trade unions and student organisations are combining forces this year to educate students about their rights at work.
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