Dr Michael Walker has more than 20 years of experience in advocacy, mainly at the SDA trade union, where he previously collaborated with the JPO on campaigns about retail trading hours and penalty rates. Prior to that, Michael interned at the Chicago-based Shriver Center on Poverty Law, working on equitable access to public housing and welfare benefits, and volunteered at the Jesuit Refugee Service in Kings Cross.
Michael completed his PhD in 2020 which was a study on Uber drivers self-organising to improve their working conditions. Michael is also a member of Christian Life Community, an international lay Catholic association, where he has served as Asia-Pacific Animator and as Chair of the New South Wales EXCO.
Email: michael.walker@sydneycatholic.org
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