26 November 2008

Unions NSW

The 2009 Union Summer internship is a perfect way to gain organizing experience, make contacts in the union movement and get paid for it!

With three full days of training and twelve days of on the job experience interns are given a wide experience of what it is like to work for a union fighting for social justice in the workplace.

This three week internship is open to anyone wanting to learn more about organizing, and is well suited to university students wanting to gain some serious work experience over their Christmas break.

The Union Summer internship program, now in its eighth year, will be held again in January 2009.

What is Union Summer?

Union Summer is a program where unions take on young activists for a three-week internship to give them first-hand experience of life in a union. The program aims to identify young people interested in workers rights and social justice, and to develop them as activists who will support organising in their workplaces, places of study and communities.

Union Summer is an ideal opportunity to develop activists' understanding about the impact of the IR changes on the lives of working people and their families.

The program is growing every year, with more and more young activists wishing to experience the opportunity of working in a union.

Limited places are available and entry to this program is competitive. Successful applicants will be notified of a time to attend an interview on Thursday 18th December, 2008.

Application forms are available from Unions NSW or at the www link at the bottom of this page.

The program will run from Monday 2nd February - Friday 20th February 2009 and includes three days of training provided by Unions NSW. Successful applicants will be a placed in a union and mentored by a union organiser. There is an allowance for all successful applicants.

Applications close at close of business 15th December 2008!

Alison Rudman
Union Summer Coordinator
Level 3
4 - 10 Goulburn St
SYDNEY NSW 2000

Applications are available from the above address or alternatively can be downloaded from the www link below.

You may fax or email applications but it is the applicant's responsibility to phone and confirm Unions NSW received the application.

5pm 15 December 2008

Alison Rudman

Union Summer Coordinator

Level 3, 4 - 10 Goulburn St

02 9881 5999

02 9261 3505

arudman@workingnsw.org.au

http://www.nswrightsatwork.com.au/webunionsummerapp2009.doc