Jo Faulkner – Maquarie Uni Branch VP (Academic Staff) & National Executive Ordinary Member
Working alongside Ruth on NTEU National Executive has allowed me to get to know her style of leadership and my respect for her has grown through this experience. I am impressed by her principled advocacy for professional staff, her sober and open-minded approach to collaborative decision making, and her capacity for kindness in communication with comrades of diverse political stripes. She has been especially proactive in developing members’ understanding of the specific challenges faced by professional staff working in “third space” roles, at the ambiguous, and sometimes non-existent, boundary between professional and academic activities. Ruth is a formidable and compassionate advocate for all union members, with a robust record as an activist. I commend her to Victorian comrades.