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Annual Finnegan-Rudd Dinner

The dinner marks the enormous contribution to industrial relations of Maurie Finnegan and Maurie Rudd, both former Branch Secretaries of the then Federated Ironworkers’ Association in the Hunter Region, who worked tirelessly during the 1970s and 1980s to create and promote a more co-operative industrial relations environment during a period when the region was characterised by conflict and distrust.

This year's Finnegan-Rudd address will be delivered by Brendan O'Connor, the Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations.

Brendan has served as Deputy Chair of the Public Works Committee and the Employment and Workplace Participation Committee. From January 2006 he chaired Labor's Industrial Relations Taskforce enquiring into the Howard Government's controversial Work Choices legislation.

Brendan served as the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Industrial Relations from December 2006 until the election of the Rudd Government, when he was appointed as Minister for Employment Participation.

Prior to entering Parliament, Brendan was a Union official from 1986 to 2001, most recently Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Services Union from 1993 to 2001.

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Location
Noah's on the Beach

Zaara Street Newcastle East NSW 2300, Australia


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IRS Newcastle
Industrial Relations Society of NSW, Newcastle Branch
0438767892

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