There were two hurdles before the ballot could be declared a success – Firstly, more than 50% of people had to vote at all, then secondly, more than 50% of those who voted had to vote ‘Yes’.

Murdoch NTEU Members have cleared the first hurdle magnificently, attaining the highest ever return in this sort of ballot of University staff. Congratulations everyone!

Now to the questions on the ballot. All of these received an overwhelming ‘Yes’ vote in both the General Staff and Academic Ballots. Below are the individual percentages for the ‘Yes’ vote.

For General Staff:

For Academic Staff:

There has been quite a bit of media coverage of the results, including this article in the West Australian.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/5904774/uni-staff-vote-for-strike-to-push-20pc-pay-claim/

In the ballot completed on Friday 74.35% of NTEU members returned ballots to the Electoral Commission by the deadline. The ‘YES’ vote for approval of the various options for industrial action were as follows:

Four (4) hour stoppages of work – 94%
Twenty-four (24) hour stoppages of work – 90%
Indefinite stoppages of work – 72%
Bans on the recoding and transmission of student results – 81%
Bans on the use of telephones – 83%
Bans on responding to emails and correspondence – 82%

All 6 options are now available to members. Members will meet this Thursday 10 September to decide which, if any, option(s) to use. There is a National Day of Action next Wednesday 16 September and it is likely that a number of colleagues at various institutions where progress has not been sufficient will take industrial action on that day.

MEETINGS
Thursday 10 September
St Lucia Campus – 1pm – Room 234 – Parnell Building (7)
Gatton Campus – 12pm – Room 116 – Plant Protection Building (8107)

NTEU members at UniSA have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action. Detailed results below:

1. One (1) hour stoppages of work, taken separately or consecutively?
2. Twenty-four (24) hour stoppages of work taken separately or consecutively?
3. Indefinite stoppages of work?
4. A ban on work associated with open days/information days?
5. A ban on work outside that specified in position descriptions;  and any work allocated as a result of staffing cutbacks, staff leave, delays in filling positions or failure to fill positions?
6. A ban on the working of overtime by professional staff?
7. A ban on the recording and transmission to the University, of assessment and exam results?