According to the NTEU’s branch at RMIT Training, the offer provided to staff members promised “low wages and excessive workloads”.
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ANU took strike action on 27 July to demand job security and better workloads.
22 months of bargaining has come to a close, with 80% of NTEU members voting for the agreement.
Management at Deakin University are pushing ahead with a non-union deal following five months of enterprise bargaining.
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.
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.
AHEIA advised universities to avoid being “roped in” to multi-employer bargaining, and encouraged universities to present pay offers to staff directly — rather than through unions.
University Management and unions representing staff have reached a partial in-principle agreement, with the University yet to agree to a pay rise above inflation and other union demands.
“The fact that staff have had to wait longer than is reasonable for a pay increase cannot be eliminated by flawed management rhetoric.”
UTAS staff collectively voted in support of the new agreement commencing from February 6.
