Nursing
From not wanting to be a nurse to being on Branch Council: Mel Connan’s journey has brought her to where she’s meant to be
Melinda Connan’s mother was one of the nurses on the picket line during the infamous 1985 and 1986 strikes, so in a way Mel – an active ANMF (Vic Branch) Job Rep and Branch Councillor – has unionism in her blood. But a career in nursing was never a sure thing.
