St Vincent de Paul EBA Campaign
NATIONAL COUNCIL INTERVENES IN NSW
The National Council of the St Vincent De Paul Society has suspended the NSW Divisional Council. The ASU welcomes this development and has called up the Society to now act to remove those who have been responsible for the development of the culture of bullying and corporatisation that has developed over the years, the Senior Management.
Members who believe they have been victims of bullying or harassment or unfair treatment, or who have witnessed this are welcome to email the ASU at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Bulletin 1 for 2010 - What does the Vinnies Memo Actually Mean?
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 July, 2010
This bulletin is in response to the Memo by Society management dated 27 April 2010. The Memo contains a lot of complex jargon and misleading statements. It takes an industrial lawyer to understand what it really means and read between the lines! We hope this bulletin makes the situation clear.
St Vincent de Paul Bulletins 2009
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 July, 2010
- Bulletin 11 - August 2009 - Picot Refuses to Sign Letter on Equal Pay
- Bulletin 10 - May 2009 - Vinnies Members 'Care'
- Bulletin 9 - April 2009: Members to Decide Way Forward
- Bulletin 8 - April 2009: Workers Vote No to a Non-union Agreement
- Bulletin 7 - March 2009: Vinnies Changes Pay Day in Breach of the SACS Award
- Bulletin 6 - March 2009 - Vote NO
- Bulletin 5 - March 2009 - Vote NO to the Vinnies Non-union Agreement
- Bulletin 4 - March 2009 - Vinnies Ignores Staff Vote and Goes for Non-union Agreement
- Bulletin 3 - March 2009 - A Vinnies Agreement Yes, This Agreement? NO
- Bulletin 2 - February 2009 - Vinnies Still Refusing to Bargain
ASU Welcomes Suspension of Vinnies NSW Board
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 July, 2010
The Australian Services Union (ASU) welcomes today’s announcement by the National Council of the St Vincent De Paul Society to suspend its NSW Board.
The suspension comes amid suggestions that the current management of the NSW Board had embraced a corporate model of management, which resulted in a combative and bullying culture within the senior ranks of the Society.
Vinnies National Council Calls for an End to Bullying
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 July, 2010
The National council of the St Vincent De Paul Society has taken control of the State Council of the Society after years of allegations of Bullying. Whilst there a few details available John Falzon is quoted as saying:
“Mr Syd Tutton, National President of the Society of St Vincent de Paul has taken the step as allowed under the statutes of the Society to place the NSW State Council under the temporary administration of the National Council.
VINNIES CHANGES PAY DAY IN BREACH OF THE SACS AWARD
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 April, 2009
SOCIETY UNILATERALLY CHANGES PAY DAY FOR SOME STAFF
Groups of staff employed by the Society have today received notification that the Society intends to move pay dates. This change will cause considerable disruption to staff who have set up automatic payments from their accounts and may now not have sufficient funds in their account to cover payments going out.
