Anne Purdy

Anne is the Deputy Director at the Working Women’s Centre SA.

Anne is a legally trained community organiser whose work has centred around movements for gender equity and fair workplaces. She holds an Honours Degree of Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice from Flinders University, as well as a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Adelaide.

Anne has worked in trade unions for a significant portion of her career doing both organising and industrial work. As Director: Industrial & Legal at the Australian Services Union (SA & NT Branch) she was proudly engaged in historic campaigns for domestic and family violence leave, and pay equity for workers in traditionally feminised caring industries. Later at the United Workers Union, she undertook a hybrid industrial and organising role where she had the opportunity to lead complex enterprise bargaining negotiations in food and beverage manufacturing worksites and support workers to strike and win fairer workplaces.

Previously Anne was also Coordinator of the Young Workers’ Legal Service and has worked in the domestic and family violence sector undertaking a primary prevention project centred around sharing lived experiences of gendered violence to create positive change.

Anne is a long term and passionate supporter of the work of the Working Women’s Centre SA and in fact started her career here as a relief Industrial Officer 15 years ago. She has returned to the Centre at various points since to undertake industrial and project roles, and also served on the Centre’s Management Committee for a number of years.