The agreement between the Union and WSU will see the creation of 150 full-time equivalent permanent positions at the University over the next two and a half years
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According to its latest annual report, CSU owes staff more than $4.8 million in wages and $1.8 million in superannuation, dating back to 2015.
USyd NTEU members voted to continue industrial action with 24 hour strike action on 17 August.
The alleged wage theft affected casual academics.
The union’s motion to increase their wage claim to the CPI plus 2.5 per cent per year responds to skyrocketing costs of living.
Picketers at Western Sydney University blocked entrance to the South Parramatta campus in protest of staff working conditions.
In a protected action ballot yesterday, staff voted overwhelmingly to authorise any future action.
USyd’s enormous wealth consolidates a crisis in tertiary education and indicates a university executive crying wolf over the grinding austerity measures of the past years.
Eligible staff will receive a 2.1 per cent pay rise and one-off $1000 payment.
The NTEU’s third strike this month comes just after the University revealed its $1.04 billion surplus yesterday.