Indefinite strike at CAE

26/11/2013 by
Margaret Swann

NTEU News    |   26 November 2013 Staff at Melbourne’s Centre for Adult Education (CAE) have been on an indefinite strike since Monday 18 November 2013. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) says it has been bargaining with management representatives for a new enterprise agreement since February 2011 and staff have not had a pay increase since May 2010.  An agreement was reached at the end of 2011, but, according to the NTEU, six months later the CAE reneged on the agreement, “after interference by the state government.” A new agreement was reached at the end of 2012 and again they reneged on it, and in June this year they put over 30 cuts to employment conditions on the … [Read more...]

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Industrial action at Sydney and UNE

31/01/2013 by
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NTEU Newsroom   |     16 January 2013 Staff at the University of Sydney and the University of New England will vote in the next month over industrial action on enterprise bargaining, following successful applications to Fair Work Australia this morning by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU).  Neither university contested the union’s applications for protected industrial action ballots. Michael Thomson, the NTEU Branch president at the University of Sydney, said that the ballot would most likely be held in early February: University of Sydney management is offering less job security and wants to reduce sick leave entitlements and cut academic workload provisions. Management is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National Tertiary Education Union, University of New Engalnd, University of Sydney Tagged With: , , , ,

Maddocks appointed to negotiate UWS enterprise agreement

31/01/2013 by
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NTEU Newsroom    |     29 January 2013 The University of Western Sydney Branch of the NTEU has expressed surprise at the appointment of Maddocks, a corporate law firm, to negotiate the new academic and general staff enterprise agreements on behalf of UWS Management.  Jan Falloon, NTEU UWS Branch President, said the union questions the logic of outsourcing yet another core business of the university to outside contractors, at a time of great hardship within schools and units at UWS. Bargaining is about local people and local issues. It is about hearing the voice of your staff and creating fair conditions to make the university a good place to work. Getting in big shot lawyers with no … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National Tertiary Education Union, University of Western Sydney Tagged With: , , ,
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