New South Wales Division
Welcome to the New South Wales Division of the NTEU. Covering over 7000 university academic and general staff in New South Wales, the NTEU is an active and growing union. As more and more of your colleagues working in higher education continue to join the NTEU fold, your voice and your influence in the decisions which affect you grow also. We therefore hope the information and material in this section of the website helpful in building the union in your workplace.
Contact the NTEU New South Wales:
Telephone: (02) 9212 5433 Facsimile: (02) 9212 4090
Email: nteunsw@nsw.nteu.org.au, <firstname.surname@nsw.nteu.org.au
PO Box 996, Strawberry Hills NSW BC 2012
Level 1, 55 Holt Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
- NSW Division and Branch Contacts
- Our Universities Matter
- Collective Bargaining
- Sign up a Colleague AND WIN!
- University Governance
- Environmentally Sustainable Universities
- Division News
- Resources
- Useful Links
- Australian Labour News Headlines from LabourStart
- NTEU NSW Division Financial Reports
- Photo Galleries
NSW Division and Branch Contacts
| Welcome from the President | A welcome message from NTEU NSW State President Len Palmer |
| Welcome from the Secretary | A welcome message from the NTEU NSW State Secretary Genevieve Kelly |
| NSW State Executive | Members of the NTEU NSW State Executive 2008-2010 |
| Branch Contact Details | The contact details for your Branch of the NTEU, which along with your workplace delegate is your primary point of contact with the NTEU. |
| NTEU NSW Elected Officers and Staff | Contact details for NTEU NSW Elected Officers and Branch and Division based staff. |
Our Universities Matter
Investing in People and Society
After more than a decade of funding neglect, climbing student-staff ratios, and growing corporatisation of universities the implications are being sharply felt by academic and general staff in the way they conduct and administer teaching and research. At the same time, conditions of many staff are regulated by agreements struck under the previous government's harsh industrial laws, so that effectively the WorkChoices laws still applies to many University staff many months after the fall of the Government that introduced them.
In 2008 NTEU members have commenced a major campaign under the banner of "Our Universities Matter - Investing in People and Society". With the Federal Government currently conducting a review of higher education the aims include a reinvestment in our universites and a recognition of their status, importance and role in our communities, as well as securing agreements which seek to improve pay, conditions and career opportunities for their most important asset - their academic and general staff.
Comprehensive information and resources are available on the NTEU's campaign website: www.ouruniversitiesmatter.com.au. Updates on the campaign and progress of bargaining at your branch can be found at your NTEU Branch Website.
How can you help?
Contact your Branch Organiser if you are interested in helping in tasks to advance the campaign in your branch or department, school or work unit.
Collective Bargaining
During 2008-2009 all Australian public universities will negotiate new Collective Agreements, which will set salary levels and employment conditions for staff for the next three years.
The Union's key bargaining claims are:
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A competitive salary increase.
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Improved job security through restoration of employment conditions lost through the previous Federal Government’s legislation and requirements.
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Clear and substantive workload regulation for academic and general staff.
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Fair and objective classification procedures for general staff.
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Increased Indigenous employment.
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Improvements in pay, job security, career paths and superannuation for casual academic staff.
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Better job security and employment conditions for contract research staff.
For more information about claims at your university, go to your Branch website
Sign up a Colleague AND WIN!
UPDATE: The winners of the Sign up a Colleague promotion were drawn on Friday 12 June in accordance with the Rules (see below).
Congratulations to the following winning members:
CSU: Donata Muntean
UNE: Zeri Hudaverdi
NEW: Tom Griffiths
UNSW: Susan Price
SCU: Sandy Darab
USYD: Brigid van Wanrooy
UTS: John Chelliah
UWS: Nikki Balnave
UOW: Tess Snowball
A big thanks to Members Equity Bank for their sponsorship.
Sponsored by Members Equity Bank
NTEU is offering members the chance to win $200.
Many university staff are not yet members of their Union and as we bargain in 2009 for your terms and conditions there has never been a more important time to increase our strength by increasing our membership. The NTEU is asking you to approach non members in your work area and ask them to join. Members who successfully sign up a colleague are eligible to enter the draw to win $200 - See conditions below.
Entries close Friday 5 June.
Three Easy Steps to Enter
1. Approach a colleague and ask them to join with you in the Union.
2. Get your colleague to complete the form for your Branch downloadable below.
3. Fill out the ‘Recruited By’ box on the form and return to your local Branch Office.
Rules of the National Tertiary Education Union NSW Sign Up a Colleague Scheme
NSW Permit No. LTPM/08/00531
1. To be eligible, entrants must be over the age of 18 and financial members of the NTEU at the date that entries close (Friday 5 June 2009).
2. Valid entries consist of the name of an NTEU member (financial as at Friday 5 June 2009) in the ‘Recruited By’ box on a correctly filled out membership form of a higher education staff member eligible to join the NTEU.
3. Entries must be received at a Branch Office of the NTEU located in NSW between 9am Monday 2 March 2009 and 5pm Friday 5 June 2009.
4. There will be ten prizes of $200 awarded with one successful entrant being drawn from eligible entries submitted by members of each of the ten University Branches of the NTEU located within NSW (NTEU CSU Branch, NTEU Macquarie Branch, NTEU SCU Branch, NTEU UNE Branch, NTEU UNSW Branch, NTEU University of Newcastle Branch, NTEU University of Sydney Branch, NTEU UTS Branch, NTEU UWS Branch, and NTEU University of Wollongong Branch).
5. Entries will be collated and a draw for each Branch will take place at 12 pm on Friday 12 June 2009 at the NTEU NSW
Division Office, Level 1, 55 Holt Street Surry Hills. Entrants are not required to be present to win.
6. Prize winners will be personally notified by Wednesday 17 June 2009.
7. Results of the draw will be published on the NTEU NSW Division website www.nteu.org.au/bd/nsw
8. This competition is conducted by the NTEU NSW Division, Level 1, 55 Holt Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010 telephone (02) 9212 5433.
University Governance
The NTEU NSW Division, in representing its members, has an interest in engaging with the issue of university governance.
The NSW Legislative Council (the Upper House) has initiated an inquiry into NSW university governance. Information about how you can be involved and resources can be found on this page.
There is also information on 'Why University Governance is a Union Issue' and how university governance forms part of the Our Universities Matter campaign.
Why University Governance is a Union Issue
The governance of universities is a Union issue as it speaks to all university staffs’ industrial rights, and responsibilities, particularly as:
- Staff rights are recognised in international conventions on higher education (of which Australia is a signatory), and the role of the NTEU in protecting and enhancing these rights.
- Intellectual freedom and university governance are linked, as staff must be able to actively participate in governance in order to exercise their right and responsibility to engage in debates concerning the effective operation of their institution.
- Rights are essential to underpin the identity of universities as public institutions.
- Rights of staff to participate in governance are not a conflict of interest with other roles staff play in the university community, including positions held with the NTEU.
(Taken from an address by the NTEU National President Carolyn Allport, click here for the full text )
Within the NTEU, the peak decision making body, National Council, has passed a number of motions about University Governance and these can be accessed below.
Our Universities Matter and University Governance
The theme of university governance is also taken up under the banner of the Our Universities Matter campaign and is referred to in the context of the following themes:
- Charter for Union Renewal
- A Discrete Universities Act
- Statement on Academic Freedom and University Independence
What you can do
- Recently the NSW Upper House conducted an inquiry into NSW
University Governance and the NTEU made a submission (see below).
The final report can be found on the inquiry
website.
- The NSW Division is interested in setting up a network of members who sit on University governance committees, especially on the governing body (eg Council, Senate, Board of Trustees) and Academic Board/Academic Senate. Further information about this will be available soon.
- The NSW Division is organising training in 2009 for members who currently sit on governing bodies. Further information about this will be available soon.
Other Resources
| NTEU Submission to Inquiry | |
| Media Release - Inquiry | |
| National Council Resolutions | Resolutions adopted by NTEU National Council on the issue of Univesity Governance. |
Environmentally Sustainable Universities
Australia's universities are high energy users and waste producers, but also important environmental researchers and leaders in developing solutions to climate change. As the nation's engine rooms for knowledge and innovation, universities should play key leadership roles in finding solutions for climate change and modelling best practice in environmentally sustainable operations.
In 1990, a group of university leaders produced the Talloires (pronounced 'tal-whar') Declaration. Administered by University Leaders for a Sustainable Future, the Talloires Declaration is a ten-point action plan where signatories commit to incorporating sustainability and environmental literacy to teaching, research, operations and outreach at colleges and universities. It has been signed by over 350 university presidents and chancellors in over 40 countries.
NTEU believes that all Australian universities should be signatories to the Talloires Declaration. To date, only twelve Australian universities have signed:
- Australian National University
- RMIT University
- University of Melbourne
- University of Technology, Sydney
- Charles Sturt University
- Southern Cross University
- University of New England
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Monash University
- University of Canberra
- University of New South Wales
- University of Western Sydney
| Talloires Declaration | Download a copy of the Declaration. |
Division News
| University Merger | NTEU outraged over lack of consultation about planned Uni Merger |
| Paid parental leave campaign | Join the fight for paid parental leave for all Australian workers |
| Joan Hardy Scholarship | The NTEU has established a Scholarship for postgraduate nursing research in memory of the late Joan Hardy, who died in 2003. |
Resources
A selection of recent flyers and bulletins and publicationsproduced by the NTEU, for NTEU delegates and activists. If you would like theseto be adapted for distribution to your colleagues at your branch, campus or workarea, send an email with your required changes to the NTEU NSW Office.
| Flyers and Bulletins |
Useful Links
| Campaigns | |
| Universities | List of NSW Universities |
Australian Labour News Headlines from LabourStart
| Australian Labour News Headlines from LabourStart |
NTEU NSW Division Financial Reports
�| NTEU NSW Audited Accounts yr ending 30/06/2008 | Year ending 30/6/08 |
| NTEU NSW Division Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2006 | |
| NTEU NSW Division Financial Accounts Year Ending 30/6/07 |
Photo Galleries
| Photos |