The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and the University of NSW (UNSW) have finalised a new enterprise agreement that will be completely gender neutral.
CPSU's NSW State Secretary John Cahill said, "This is an important start in making a safe and welcoming environment for current and future staff who may be trans* or intersex workers who may not identify as either male or female, or who are transitioning."
The CPSU over recent years successfully lobbied for a growing number of Universities across NSW to implement the Ally Program, a program designed to change the culture of the University campus into a more inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and intersex staff and students.
The University of NSW is one of the Universities to have implemented the Ally Program and removal of gendered language in the agreement will increases awareness of the need for a more inclusive campus for staff and for students.
"There is much more our peak education institutions can do to provide a best practice model for social inclusion, in particular for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and intersex workers. This is one step in the right direction forming part of an ongoing development in which we hope to see even greater measures in the future to support our often marginalized Australians." added Mr Cahill.
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