atw: Re: which union best represents us?
- From: Write Ideas <writeideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:52:33 +1100
Hi Kim (C)
The MEAA has been fine by me, providing many benefits since I joined
way back in 1991.
They cover technical communicators and, as a contractor / consultant
these days, I am registered with them as a freelance member. The
title on my membership card is "Writer / Editor".
www.alliance.org.au
Have always been able to rely on them. Their JUST Super fund is just
super! I got my home loan at a huge saving over the big banks, with
very little fuss, through its Super Members Home Loans (now Members
Equity Bank) association.
When I've needed them to step in with a badly (unlawfully) behaving
employer that was trying to intimidate many staff into leaving
without redundancies, the AJA rep cam in and, with particular grace
under fire, negotiated months of extra, worthwhile work for me that I
would not have otherwise had.
Non-radical. More a professional association than a stereotypical
union. IMHO worth every cent.
Of which I have just given you tuppence worth.
Don't know of a better union for creative writer / author / editor
folk than the AJA section of the MEAA.
Cheers,
Michael Granat
Write Ideas
www.writeideas.com.au
http://www.alliance.org.au/freelancers/journalists/write_ideas/details/
mailto:writeideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
20 Years of Write Ideas!
At 11:32 4/01/2008, you wrote:
Hi all
Just wondering if there are any tech writers in unions out there?
It's something I've thought about on and off for years but not done
anything about. I used to be in the Media Entertainment and Arts
Alliance but I was doing freelance journalism at the time. It
doesn't seem that relevant to a technical writer role.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Kim Chawner
Technical Writer
Vignette Corporation
+61 2 9455 5249
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