Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation explained

ANMF
Location Country:Australia
Affiliation:ACTU
Members:312,243 (as at 31 December 2022)[1]
Full Name:Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
Founded:1924
Headquarters:Melbourne, Victoria
Key People:Annie Butler, secretary

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is the largest union in Australia, with 274,956 members in 2018.[2] The union is run by nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing to advance the industrial, political and professional interests of its members.

It is a federated union, with branches in each state and territory in Australia.

History

The Federation was founded in 1924 (previously known as the Australian Nursing Federation) and the first secretary was Evelyn Paget Evans who was also the secretary of the Australasian Trained Nurses Association and the General secretary of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (which was then called the Australian Massage Association} who also managed the Australasian Nurses' Journal.

Leadership

All of the Federal Executive of the ANMF are qualified nurses and/or midwives.

ANMF members are employed in a wide range of enterprises in urban, rural and remote locations in both in the public and the private sectors, including hospitals, health and community services, schools, universities, aged care, GP clinics, schools, the armed forces, statutory authorities, local government, offshore territories and industry.

Campaigns

The ANMF runs campaigns for all members throughout Australia, such as its ongoing campaign to legally mandate staffing ratios for aged care.[3] [4]

The ANMF has a range of national policies, guidelines, and position statements on nursing, health, and social justice issues for the guidance of members in their practice and at their workplaces.

Federal structure

The ANMF is federally registered.[5] Most branches also have a state-registered union, operating as the union in the state industrial relations system. The NSW branch operates as the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association;[6] the Queensland branch operates as the Queensland Nurses and Midwives' Union.[7]

International representation

The ANMF represents Australian nursing internationally through links with other national and international nursing organisations, professional associations and the International Labour Organisations. The ANMF is a member of the Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation[8] and the South Pacific Nurses Forum[9] and is affiliated to the Australian Council of Trade Unions,[10] International Centre for Trade Union Rights, and APHEDA, also known as Union Aid Abroad, the overseas aid agency of the Australian trade union movement.[11]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Membership size of registered organisations – 2023 . Fair Work Commission . 16 September 2023.
  2. Web site: ANMF ANNUAL REPORT 2018 – 2019 . Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation . 23 November 2019.
  3. Web site: ANMF calls for better aged care staffing . Cheu . Sandy . 2021-04-28 . Australian Ageing Agenda . The Intermedia Group Pty Ltd . Glebe, New South Wales, Australia . 2021-12-04 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210428230533/https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/executive/anmf-launches-campaign-for-aged-care-staffing-rati/ . 2021-04-28 . The 'It's Not Too Much' campaign ... is calling on the government to use next month's budget to: mandate staffing ratios in aged care homes[...].
  4. Web site: Aged care sector concerned government won't fund minimum staff levels . Clun . Rachel . 2021-05-04 . The Sydney Morning Herald . Nine Publishing . Sydney, New South Wales, Australia . 2021-12-04 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210516235414/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/aged-care-sector-concerned-government-won-t-fund-minimum-staff-levels-20210503-p57oh1.html . 2021-05-16 . ANMF federal secretary Annie Butler said a sufficient workforce was one of the main factors impacting the quality and safety of aged care..
  5. Web site: Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) . 2016-06-07 . FWC Main Site . Fair Work Commission . 2021-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210420014132/https://www.fwc.gov.au/registered-organisations/find-registered-organisations/australian-nursing-and-midwifery-federation . 2021-04-20 .
  6. Web site: About the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation New South Wales branch . 2021 . . Glebe, New South Wales, Australia . 2021-12-04 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210814053704/https://www.nswnma.asn.au/about-us/about-the-anmf-nsw/ . 2021-08-14 . The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is the counterpart federal union of the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association (the Association)..
  7. Web site: About us . 2021 . . West End, Queensland, Australia . 2021-12-04 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210603042027/https://www.qnmu.org.au/QNMU/About_Us_Public/QNMU/PUBLIC/ABOUT_US/About_us.aspx?hkey=6b6d39a6-c846-423e-ba8d-b7600bec14d9 . 2021-06-03 . The QNMU is a state-registered union and a branch of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), [...].
  8. Web site: Diaspora and links . 2020 . Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation . London, United Kingdom . 2021-12-04 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200926190635/https://www.commonwealthnurses.org/Links.html . 2020-09-26.
  9. Web site: Contacts . 2021 . South Pacific Nurses Forum . Melbourne, Victoria, Australia . 2021-12-04 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210306223011/https://www.spnf.org.au/contacts.html . 2021-03-06.
  10. Web site: Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) . n.d. . Australian Unions . . Melbourne, Victoria, Australia . 2021-12-04 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210905112911/https://directory.australianunions.org.au/union/ANMF . 2021-09-05.
  11. Web site: APHEDA people: Meet Lori-Anne Sharp (ANMF) . 2021-06-29 . Union Aid Abroad — APHEDA . Sydney, New South Wales, Australia . 2021-12-04 . live . https://archive.today/20211204041800/https://www.apheda.org.au/apheda-people-lori-anne-sharp/ . 4 December 2021 .

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