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BREAKING: NTEU members at USyd vote to authorise industrial action

The vote relates to the Union’s log of claims for the 2021-22 Enterprise Bargaining period.

April 12, 2022 Roisin Murphy
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Where to for the NTEU: Exploring the past and future of industrial action at USyd

The NTEU's history can provide us with a guide for future industrial action.

March 7, 2022 Ellie Stephenson and Patrick McKenzie
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“A better university is possible”: NTEU protests casualisation crisis

The protest follows mounting rebukes of managements’ treatment of casual staff, including investigations into wage theft across 21 universities.

November 19, 2021 Claire Ollivain
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Casual staff launch $2 million wage theft claim against USyd management

Staff are demanding renumeration for six years of unpaid marking and administration work.

October 15, 2021 Claire Ollivain
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After USyd’s denial, Fair Work Ombudsman issues strong rebuke to universities

“It seems that everyone now knows systematic underpayment occurs in Australian universities — everyone, that is, except our managers.”

October 10, 2021 Max Shanahan
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FASS dismisses wage theft evidence in internal investigation

Claims of wage theft were referred to as “a mistaken belief that casual academic staff are entitled to be paid for any time spent at their discretion and choice.”

October 7, 2021 Vivienne Guo
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FASS Draft Change Proposal unveils further mergers and cuts

Enrolment numbers will determine what will be cut, merged or otherwise diminished.

September 21, 2021 Vivienne Guo
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USyd admits wage theft of $12.75 million

“Once again the University's response appears very much to be 'why pay your staff correctly when legally you can get away with underpaying them?'”

September 13, 2021 Claire Ollivain
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USyd Casuals Network calls for similar apology and change after UMelb VC acknowledges ‘systemic failure of respect’

Critics have said that the apology is not enough.

September 13, 2021 Joe Fidler
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Casual academics are having to choose between working from a hospital bed or missing out on pay

For casual staff, working while ill is not an anomaly but points to systemic exploitation in the university model.

May 13, 2021 Claire Ollivain

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