The University urged the Albanese government to “fix the worst elements of the Job-ready Graduates Package,” in its submission but stopped short of recommending its repeal.
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The decision to take this action follows a unanimous vote by members of the UniMelb NTEU Branch.
Management at Deakin University are pushing ahead with a non-union deal following five months of enterprise bargaining.
Despite this admission, the University maintains that “the School [of Psychology] was not aware” that this practice resulted in wage theft.
The vote came after the University this week made a marginally improved offer to staff after 20 months of negotiations.
The National Tertiary Education Union members’ vote came after the University made an updated offer to staff this week.
The University justified this to staff on the basis of ‘safety’, implying the protest — in support of Student Centre workers — poses a danger to Student Centre workers.
Following a presentation from the UTS NTEU bargaining team last Thursday, NTEU members “endorsed the in-principle new staff agreement,” said UTS Branch Director Dr Sarah Attfield.
The paper, NAPLAN participation – who is missing the tests and why it matters, was released as students in years three, five, seven and nine around Australia sat their first NAPLAN tests of the year and highlighted a significant decline in participation in 2022.
The Student Centre administration assistants have been informed that their contracts will not be extended beyond March 31st as the Centre advertises 50 new positions on their jobs portal.