Over fifty Swinburne staff members attended a fundraising morning tea for the victims of the Haiti earthquake disaster.
There are serious changes being proposed to academic workloads at Victoria University.
The officers and members of the Victorian Division of the National Tertiary Education Union hope that you and your loved ones enjoy a safe and happy festive season, and share a fruitful 2010.
Posted on 27 July 2009
Respect @ Work: Campaigning for a Better Workplace for staff at Newcastle University The current University of Newcastle Workplace Agreements have expired. Over a year ago, the NTEU asked staff employed at University of Newcastle what they would like to improve and retain from their current Agreement. After conducting surveys and meetings, NTEU members collated these issues [...] Continue Reading
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Posted on 27 July 2009
Respect at work: Campaigning for a better workplace for staff at UNSW Staff at UNSW /ADFA have been treated with contempt by university management who continue to oppose changes in our Collective Agreement that would bring it up to date with Fair Work Australia legislation. The NTEU has been calling on university management to respect the rights [...] Continue Reading
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Posted on 09 March 2010
Dear NTEU Members, Thank you to the hardy souls who turned out in sometimes foul weather on Wednesday to get our message across to staff, students and particularly management that members are still unhappy with management’s current proposals and pay offer. For those of you that couldn’t make it, we had “lines of protest” of [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 04 March 2010
Despite Tim Sprague having been unavailable due to sickness, the second bargaining meeting proceeded for the year on Tuesday this week. Progress was made on: Managing change It’s looking like agreement might be possible on a Managing Change clause that both management and the Unions can agree to, which mainly includes the right of Unions to be [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 March 2010
In May 2008 the NTEU provided management with a log of claims developed after extensive consultation with members and other staff. UQ management consistently delayed starting bargaining until May last year. Progress was very, very slow up to the point at which NTEU members took industrial action in September, October and November 2009. It was only the [...] Continue Reading