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.
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The strike was held 20 months into ongoing Enterprise Bargaining negotiations between the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and the University. This is the longest period of enterprise bargaining in the University’s history.
The fight for staff is the fight for students, this is why students should support the strike on Thursday 9 March.
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.
The FedUni Branch of the National Tertiary Education Union aims to “sign an Agreement that will make FedUni a better, safer place to work, while improving the quality of the education and support we provide our students.”
The Union is also looking into other forms of industrial action.
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) said that management “blindsided our bargaining team by making a lower wage offer than any other union-agreed pay-rise in the higher education sector.”
The Fair Work Ombudsman alleges that UniMelb’s benchmark payment system breaches the Fair Work Act and the Enterprise Agreement between the University and the NTEU.
The cuts are occurring for jobs in campuses across the country, including Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane.
The strike will be the third day of industrial action taken during the almost 600 day negotiation period.