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  1. FAQ about taking protected industrial action at La Trobe University

    Posted by Serena O'Meley (La Trobe University)

    Senior management at La Trobe University has tried to get members to notify them in advance if they intend to take protected industrial action so that your work can be covered.

    The purpose of taking ...

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    FAQ about your rights to take protected industrial action at La Trobe University

    Published: 07 Jun, 2013
    Tags: la trobe, LTU, EB6, protected industrial action,

    This FAQ explains your protected industrial action rights. Note that you do not need to tell anyone you have taken protected industrial action until after it has taken place.

  2. Why is NTEU La Trobe Branch taking industrial action?

    Posted by Virginia Mansel Lees (La Trobe University)

    There are many issues that require resolution at the bargaining table which have been outlined in bulletins and meetings, however, the most pressing issues of concern are the Workload Management ...

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  3. Proposed La Trobe University student results bans - FAQ

    Posted by Serena O'Meley (La Trobe University)

    Proposed La Trobe University results bans FAQ

    NTEU La Trobe Branch members will vote at Stop Work meetings this week on whether to institute bans on the transmission of student results. 
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  4. La Trobe University staff to take industrial action in June - message to students

    Posted by Virginia Mansel Lees (La Trobe University)

    Dear students,

    La Trobe University staff have been in negotiations for a new Collective Agreement for around 7 months but there has been no progress on key items.  

    At the top of our list of ...

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    Not even Einstein could understand La Trobe's workload formulas

    Published: 31 May, 2013
    Tags: EB6, workload, LTU, la trobe,

    Facebook cover page using a real formula from La Trobe's workload management framework.

  5. NTEU members at La Trobe win the right to take industrial action!

    Posted by Chris Latham (La Trobe University)

    Thank you to all the NTEU members who voted in the recent industrial action ballot. 

    The results are in!  NTEU members have won the right to take industrial action in the following forms:

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  6. OHS Issue resolution procedure approved

    Posted by Serena O'Meley (La Trobe University)

    It has been a very long time in the pipeline but the new OHS Issue Resolution procedure has been approved by the Planning and Resources Committee (PRC). 

    The procedure was initially opposed by ...

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  7. La Trobe bargaining report - 24 April 2013

    Posted by Serena O'Meley (La Trobe University)

    Bargaining is progressing slowly through a series of working parties on specific topics (research, workloads, managing change and so on) but there are a number of new issues which have been tabled in ...

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  8. Impact of Federal Government budget cuts at La Trobe

    Posted by Virginia Mansel Lees (La Trobe University)

    In a staff briefing last week Vice Chancellor, Professor John Dewar, outlined the potential impact of Federal government budget cuts at La Trobe University and how this may affect bargaining with the ...

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  9. La Trobe's flawed academic workloads framework

    Posted by Graeme Byrne (La Trobe University)

    Most academics will be aware that a new workloads framework is now limping into operation across the university. Its convoluted nature and silly formulas (accompanied by a picture of Einstein) has ...

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    Not even Einstein could understand La Trobe's workload formulas

    Published: 11 Apr, 2013
    Tags: la trobe, LTU, EB6, academic workloads,

    The formula shown on this poster is taken from an actual workload guideline at La Trobe. It gives people a certain number of workload points but these points don't correspond with hours - no one can work out how much work they are really being allocated.

  10. La Trobe bargaining report - 20 March 2013

    Posted by Serena O'Meley (La Trobe University)

    NTEU and La Trobe University have been engaged in bargaining for some months and progress to date has been slow.  There is still no salary offer despite the University having a copy of our log ...

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