Monash has applied to the Fair Work Commission to retrospectively change the enterprise agreement in place between the University and the NTEU from 2019.
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Members instead resolved to “provisionally endorse the University’s Enterprise Agreement Package to Conclude Bargaining as an acceptable framework to finalise negotiations.”
The University is seeking to remove limits on teaching loads for both staff in EFRs and mixed Teaching and Research positions.
Management at Deakin University are pushing ahead with a non-union deal following five months of enterprise bargaining.
The 21-month-long bargaining process is the longest of any university in Australian history.
The University of Sydney staff and students went on a 24-hour long strike today, demanding fair pay, First Nations staff parity and less Education Focused roles. Friday’s action was the first half of the 48-hour strike, with the next strike taking place next Wednesday.
The vote came after the University this week made a marginally improved offer to staff after 20 months of negotiations.
In place of the Wednesday strike, the NTEU will strike again during Week 7 — unless an acceptable offer is proposed before then.
The National Tertiary Education Union members’ vote came after the University made an updated offer to staff this week.
The University and the NTEU are now into the 20th month of negotiations for a new Enterprise Agreement, due to the University’s failure to meet the Union’s demands for fair pay and conditions.