Members of the Early Childhood Education and Care Committee, along with IEU Organisers Kate Damo and Tina Smith, attended the HESTA Sydney Union Dinner in November.
Unions with members in early childhood education, aged care and community work, (all covered by HESTA) are invited to the event.
Guest speaker was Rabia Siddique, a human rights lawyer. Having survived a hostage crisis in Iraq, Rabia garnered global attention for making the British military accountable for silencing her about her ordeal and role in releasing captured special forces soldiers.
Standing up for justice in the face of public ridicule, Rabia’s brave action in suing the British Government for sexism and racism became a catalyst for policy change to ensure a fairer workplace for women and cultural minorities in the British military.