I am a sociologist and senior lecturer in the Sydney School of Health Sciences who knows what it’s like to be a casual teacher, then lurch for years between fixed-term contracts, as a parent and mortgagee.
A committed unionist, I have advocated for better working conditions, been on the NTEU cases committee, lobbied the University and UniSuper to divest from fossil fuels and am a veteran picket captain of nine strikes. I have advocated for staff and students living with disability in Disability Action Plan committees, the Disability at Work Network and NTEU Disability Rights Group. I will always advocate for social and environmental justice.
As part of Rank and File Action, I was a grassroots campaigner throughout the 2022-23 strikes. That long and strong campaign won many workplace rights that push back on the punitive workloads, precarious work, wage theft and false efficiencies of our corporatised university, but only when members enforce them. I look forward to continuing to work with NTEU members to enforce all our hard-won EBA clauses.
Rank-And-File Action USYD 