Lawrence, Jeff - ACTU Secretary

Jeff became ACTU Secretary on 21 August 2007.

Before becoming ACTU secretary, Jeff Lawrence was the head of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LHMU), where he was National Secretary for 17 years. He has also spent more than 10 years as a senior member of the ACTU Executive.

On becoming ACTU Secretary, Mr Lawrence has vowed to do everything he can to make sure that all Australians have proper rights in their workplace and that employees are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve. “All working people deserve to be treated with respect and decency at work and I am determined to work hard to see off the Howard Government and its unfair IR laws.”