Members First challenges Caird to repay money
BY STUART MARTIN
CANBERRA — The national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), Wendy Caird, has been challenged to repay union money spent on a glossy brochure sent to all members which promotes a planned union restructure.
Susan Carcary, who is running for the rank-and-file Members First grouping against Caird in upcoming union elections, said the brochure was part of Caird's desperate attempt to be re-elected. "The CPSU has lost half its members under her leadership and now she's using members' own money to fund her re-election", Carcary said.
The full-colour brochure is estimated by printers to have cost the union between $15-35,000 to produce. It features a full-colour photograph of Caird on its front cover.
Members First opposes the restructure, especially the proposal to replace a range of facilities in the state branches with a national call centre.
Members First is open to all CPSU members. Contact <membersfirst@bigpond.com>.