Edith Cowan University Branch
Welcome to the homepage of the Edith Cowan University Branch of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). Membership of the NTEU includes both academic and general staff working together to achieve equality and the best possible pay and working conditions for all ECU staff.
NTEU staff are located on the Joondalup Campus and offer direct support to our members.
Building 8/Rooms 434, 435 & 436
Edith Cowan University
100 Joondalup Drive
JOONDALUP WA 6027
- Branch Organiser Position
- Contacts
- Collective Bargaining 2008:
- ECU Staff Agreements
- 4% Pay Rise
- Branch Committee
- Join the ECU Branch
- Membership Benefits
- Branch Newsletters
- NTEU Publications
- Audited Financial Statements YE 30 June 2007
- Research Quality Framework
- National Governance Protocols Legislative Compliance
- Enterprise Bargaining 2006
- Saving Jobs at ECU
- Events
- Annual General Meetings 2007
- NTEU General Meeting of Members
- HEWRRs and IR
- Press Release
- Bargaining Agent Form
Branch Organiser Position
A vacancy exists for a Branch Organiser at the ECU Branch of the NTEU. For full details, please download the following documents:| Branch Organiser Advert | |
| Notes for Applicants |
Contacts
Branch Executive Officer:
Gladys Bain
Phone: 6304 5969 / Fax: 6304 5822
Email: nteu@ecu.edu.au
Industrial Officer:
Judy McCulloch
Phone: 6304 5967 / Fax: 6304 5822
Email:
j.mcculloch@ecu.edu.au
Collective Bargaining 2008:
| Log of Claims | NTEU Log of Claims - Academic Staff |
| Log of Claims - General Staff | NTEU Log of Claims - General Staff |
| Survey 2008 | Complete this survey to let us know what you want included in your Agreement. Surveys to be returned by 22 May 2008. |
| Focus Group Meetings | Focus Group Meetings are being held at BU, JO and ML to let members have their say about what they want in their Agreements. Your input is vital. Check this schedule to see when and where the meetings will be held then come along and tell us what you want. |
ECU Staff Agreements
Click below to download:
1. ECU Academic Staff Certified Agreement 2006
2. ECU General Staff Certified Agreement 2006
3. ECU Academic Staff Certified Agreement
2003
4. ECU General Staff Certified Agreement 2003
5. ECU Academic Staff Certified Agreement
2000
6. ECU General Staff Certified Agreement 2000
4% Pay Rise
WHO CAN YOU THANK
Thank the NTEU by inviting a colleague to join today.
Download the attached leaflet and NTEU membership form and ask your colleagues to join you in making a difference at ECU. Together we can obtain higher wages and better conditions for all ECU staff.
| Pay Rise Leaflet & M/ship Form | Download non member pay rise leaflet and membership application form. |
Branch Committee
| ECU Branch Committee | Download ECU Branch Executive Committee List |
Join the ECU Branch
All academic and general staff members receive industrial advice and support in times of need as well as a wide range of benefits and services.
If you wish to join, please download a membership application form below or to join online, please click here http://www.nteu.org.au
| Union Fees - Academic Staff | Union Fees are set at 1% of your gross salary and can be paid by direct debit from your bank account or through your credit card. Fees can also be deducted direct through ECU payroll each fortnight. There is a 5% discount if you pay yearly in advance. |
| Union Fees - General Staff | Union Fees are set at 1% of your gross salary and can be paid by direct debit from your bank account or through your credit card. Fees can also be deducted direct through ECU payroll each fortnight. There is a 5% discount if you pay yearly in advance. |
| Membership Application Form | Download your Membership Form for Academic and General Staff |
| Casual Membership Form | Download your Membership Form for casual staff |
Membership Benefits
NTEU has negotiated a wide range of commercial discounts
available only to NTEU members. Visit our national website to view the extensive range of
services and discounts offered to NTEU members.
The ECU Branch has negotiated discounted legal services through Slater &
Gordon. The range of legal services offered to members can be viewed
below.
| Membership Benefits Guide | Membership Benefits Guide is available from the ECU NTEU Branch office |
| Slater & Gordon (Legal Services) | Slater & Gordon provides ECU members with a free initial and unlimited time consultation, a free standard Will and discounted fees for personal or work-related matters (non-industrial). |
Branch Newsletters
The ECU Branch Newsletter is designed to inform NTEU members of what is happening in their university.
| April 2007 | Hot Topics: Update on the International English Centre / Workload Issues / Smart Casuals Seek Protection |
| December 2006 | Hot Topics: Redundancies at ECU / International English Centre |
| October 2006 | Hot Topics: EB Advantage / Workloads / Reclassification Kit |
| June 2006 | Change Managements at ECU approach finalisation. |
| May 2006 | Hot Topic: Redundancy - what to do if it's happening to you. |
| March 2006 | |
| October 2005 | Information on EB, Current Industrial Issues and the National Community Day of Action (15 November 2005) |
| August 2003 | Development of new workload model for the School of Marketing, Tourism & Leisure |
| June 2003 | What's happening in Kurongkurl Katitjin |
NTEU Publications
Members can view any of the NTEU Publications such as the NTEU Express or the Tertiary Education Newsletter by visiting: http://www.nteu.org.au/publications
Audited Financial Statements YE 30 June 2007
| Audit Statements YE 30 June 2007 | NTEU (ECU Branch) Audited Financial Statements for the YE 30 June 2007. |
| RAO Schedule Sections 272, 253 & 252 | Schedule 1 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Registration and Accountability of Organisations)Sections 272, 253 and 252. |
Research Quality Framework
Members can meet with Dr Carolyn Allport, NTEU National
President, to discuss the above issue at 8am on Tuesday, 19 April
2005, Staff Room, Building 8, Joondalup Campus (a light breakfast
will be served).
Dr Brendan Nelson, the Minister for Education, Science and
Training, recently authorized the release of an Issues Paper on
the development of a Research Quality Framework for
Australia.
For some time the Minister has been saying that he is not
prepared “to simply sit back and allow research resources
to be distributed the way that they currently are”.
He has also stated that once a RQF is introduced “some
universities will attract more money and some will attract
less”. Unfortunately, in all likelihood this will
mean there will be less money available to ECU and a number of
other universities, particularly the New Generation
Universities.
Professor Sir Gareth Roberts, the Chair of the Expert Advisory
Group who compiled the Issues Paper, has now called for
interested parties to forward written submissions by 2 May
2005. The NTEU intends to make a submission on behalf of
its members.
Dr Carolyn Allport, the NTEU National President, wants to meet
with and listen to the views of as many researchers as possible
before making this submission.
It is hoped that members will avail themselves of this
opportunity to meet Dr Allport on the 19 April and provide
input into the NTEU submission.
Members are also encouraged to bring with them interested
researchers who may not be members of the NTEU.
Download the Issues Paper below
| Issues Paper | Research Quality Framework Issues Paper: Assessing the quality and impact of research in Australia |
National Governance Protocols Legislative Compliance
Edith Cowan University provided an Options Paper on this issue and invited comments from various staff. The NTEU (ECU Branch) has submitted its response. The Academic Staff Association of ECU has also submitted its response. These three documents can be viewed or downloaded below.
| ASA of ECU Response | |
| ECU Options Paper | |
| NTEU (ECU Branch) Response |
Enterprise Bargaining 2006
The new Edith Cowan University Academic Staff Union Collective
Agreement 2006 and Edith Cowan University General Staff Union
Collective Agreement 2006 have been approved by majority votes and
were lodged with the Office of the Employment Advocate on Tuesday 8
August.
Copies of the new agreements can be downloaded below.
If you have any questions about them please contact the Branch Office (6304 5969) or Judy McCulloch (6304 5967), the NTEU Industrial Officer responsible for industrial matters at ECU.
| ECU Academic Staff Union Collective Agreement 2006 | |
| ECU General Staff Union Collective Agreement 2006 | |
| Myths & Reality | The real story behind the Commonwealth Government's Workplace Relations proposals. |
| EB Negotiating Team | John May, Ute Mueller, Alan Needham, Kerry Evans, Paul Halfpenny and Judy McCulloch form the EB Negotiating Teams |
| EB Log of Claims | A single Log of Claims was served on ECU on 4 March 2003. |
| EB Update August 2004 | Negotiations with Management have now been concluded. A summary of the benefits achieved can be downloaded. |
| EB Update March 2004 | Negotiations on Enterprise Bargaining are nearing completion. Working Parties have reached agreement on a number of clauses. |
| EB Update October 2003 | Management and the Union have agreed to continue negotiations despite the uncertainty resulting from the Commonwealth Government's recent demands on Industrial Relations. |
| EB Update August 2003 | Management's response to our Log of Claims. Working Parties established for Workloads and Flexible Delivery policies. |
| EB Update June 2003 | National Office circular. |
Saving Jobs at ECU
NTEU's main aim is to save as many jobs as possible and to ensure that every alternative to forced redundancy is exhausted before any job losses occur.
The NTEU will be subjecting the University Change Management proposals to very close scrutiny and a Union staff member or an elected official will be present at each Change Management meeting.
Further information can be obtained by downloading the following leaflets or you can contact the Branch Office on 6304 5969 or email nteu@ecu.edu.au.
| Budget Deficit and You | |
| Media Release |
Events
Annual General Meetings 2007
� The Annual General Meeting for the NTEU (ECU Branch) will be held at 10am on Monday, 10 December 2007 at ML 17.203 and BU 1.106. The ASA AGM will commence at 9.30am prior to the NTEU. Download documents below.NTEU General Meeting of Members
A General Meeting of NTEU members will be held at 12.30pm on Monday, 28 April 2008 at JO 5.235 and BU 1.106.
Main Agenda Items:
1. Approve the NTEU (ECU Branch) audited financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2007 (audited statements and extracts from the RAO Schedule can be downloaded below).
2. Collective Bargaining: This meeting will be the last chance for members to get together before enterprise bargaining begins. We will be reporting on activities to date, presenting the results of staff surveys on claims to be put to Management, and bringing you up to date on the salary and other mandatory national claims. Open discussion will be invited on all these matters. Come along and talk to the members of the bargaining teams who will be negotiating on your behalf.
| NTEU (ECU Branch) Audited Statements YE 30 June 2007 | NTEU (ECU Branch) Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2007. |
| RAO Schedule Sections 272, 253 & 252 | Sections 272, 253 and 252 from Schedule 1 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Registration and Accountability of Organisations (RAO) Schedule). |
| NTEU ECU Newsletter: 1 April 2008 | NTEU ECU Newsletter dated 1 April 2008 giving details of the General Meeting of Members to be held at 12.30pm on 28 April 2008. |
HEWRRs and IR
On 29 April 2005, the Federal Government released new Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements (HEWRRs) for Australian higher education institutions.
As part of these IR Requirements, universities will be forced to offer Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) to all university staff on terms inferior to those in Enterprise Agreements.
For further information on HEWRRs and the IR Requirements, visit:
The NTEU answers to your questions on AWAs:
Press Release
New IR Rules Chaos at Local Universities
WA universities are struggling to implement new industrial relations (IR) rules because of widespread confusion about the requirements. The new rules, which include eventually requiring universities to offer Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) to all new and current staff, are seen as a test-bed for the Commonwealth Government’s plans to introduce new IR rules which will affect all workers.
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) believes the ongoing confusion over the new requirements may well have an impact on the planned merger between Curtin and Murdoch universities.
“Despite the fact that Curtin and Murdoch have given some assurances, staff at both institutions are, not surprisingly, already very concerned about possible redundancies stemming from the proposed merger” said Associate Professor Mick Campion, president of the WA Division and Murdoch University Branch of the NTEU. “Now the staff are also having to cope with the introduction of new IR rules which even the university administrators are struggling to understand” he said.
“Few people realise that the Howard government is first testing its new IR regime on university workers, but is failing or refusing to provide the universities with adequate information on how the new rules should operate” he said.
“There has been a big public backlash against the more general IR changes, including opposition from some church leaders. The government appears to have completely underestimated the reaction of Australian workers. The new rules seriously undermine job security, and are aimed at reducing the protection afforded to workers by unions. There has also been a strong public reaction to possible reductions in wage levels and holidays that could go hand-in-hand with AWAs” he said.
News has emerged in Perth this week that workers at the West Australian newspapers have been asked to sign (AWA) agreements that may allow the company to reduce their holidays.
“The Commonwealth Government’s Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements (HEWRRs) compel universities to offer AWAs to all staff, and allow universities to offer AWAs with lower wages and conditions inferior to those flowing from existing enterprise agreements” he said.
“Members of the community need to be aware that the independence of universities and more specifically the quality of teaching, research and community service conducted by the universities are threatened both by the particular measures being proposed and by the continuing uncertainties that surround their introduction” he said.
Associate Professor Mick Campion
President of the WA Division (and Murdoch Branch) of the National Tertiary Education Union
Phone: 0437 882 091
Bargaining Agent Form
To appoint NTEU as your bargaining agent in relation to the offering of AWAs and any future Agreements, complete the Bargaining Agent Authority Form (below) and return it to your local Branch or NTEU National Office.
http://www.nteu.org.au/freestyler/gui/files//Bargaining Agent Form A5_4293bde15b2f1.pdf