NTEU edXpress #10 Aug 2013

NTEU “Vote Smart” election advertising starts this week

Highlighting that university classes have almost doubled in size, the NTEU began its Vote Smart advertising campaign on Monday night (12 August). Read more

NTEU throws its support behind independent MP Andrew Wilkie

The NTEU announced on 30 July that it would throw its support behind independent Andrew Wilkie, Member for Denison, in the federal election. Read more

The winter of our discontent: More strikes and bans over bargaining

The Labor Government’s cuts to university funding have given some universities the excuse they wanted to resist NTEU demands for enterprise agreements that offer fair wage rises and address key issues such as casualisation. Read more

ANU slashes staff numbers & makes a “derisory” pay offer

The Australian National University (ANU) leads the pack of universities using the Federal Government funding cuts as a justification for massive staff cuts and a “derisory” pay offer. Read more

Results bans over at Monash

Nearly a month after the official date for release of Semester 1 results at Monash, university management agreed on 13 August to resume negotiations and provide responses to all unresolved matters if the NTEU lifted the ban on the transmission of results.  Read more

The gender wars, according to NTEU President Jeannie Rea

I woke up feeling rather sad on the morning of 27 June and as I made my way through the day, I found that women at work, on the train and in the shops, and on social media shared these feelings. Read more

Seeing red over the gender pay gap during Bluestocking Week, 12-16 Aug

University women across Australia are donning blue stockings and putting their best foot (and leg) forward for Bluestocking Week, 12-16 August. Read more

Vice Chancellor’s Pay: Valorem pecunia or caveat emptor?

The Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Australia’s 37 public universities, traditionally known as Vice Chancellors (VCs), are well rewarded financially for their efforts. Read more

QLD NTEU supports young runners to help end global poverty

Twenty young athletes pounded the highway during the semester break to help end global poverty. Read more

Stand up for higher education

With the election date of 7 September fast approaching, the NTEU’s Vote Smart campaign is in full swing. Read more

Rudd a success in first week of the campaign
The 2013 general election has commenced and Kevin Rudd has had a good start to the campaign. Read more

NTEU, NUS and CAPA call National Day of Action on Tuesday 20 August 2013

The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), National Union of Students (NUS) and the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) are calling upon university staff and students to participate in a National Day of Action on Tuesday 20 August in support of publicly funded higher education. Read more

Cuts, cuts and more cuts

While the Labor Government’s $2.3bn cuts to higher education are yet to pass into legislation, a number of universities have wasted no time in using them as a pretext to slash staff numbers, even where their financial positions are robust. Read more

First ever strike at The Florey Institute

NTEU members at Melbourne’s Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health took their first ever strike action on 16 July – over stalled enterprise agreement negotiations. Read more

Making a difference – the NTEU Women’s Conference

Australia’s first woman Prime Minister did make a difference for women and girls, Senator Trish Crossin told the NTEU National Women’s Conference in Melbourne on 20 July. Read more

Breakthrough on domestic violence leave at Swinburne University

The NTEU has won a breakthrough five days leave for Swinburne University of Technology staff experiencing domestic violence. Read more

Thatcherism alive and well at the University of Liverpool

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at the University of Liverpool are gearing up for its first ever strike after the University’s threat to sack its 2,800 general staff workers and reemploy them on contracts Read more