Newsletter Archive
From here you can download past editions of the University of Ballarat Branch newsletter. More editions will be uploaded soon - enjoy!
Further information:
| UB News June 2008 | Bargaining and Budgets; Unisports; Mythbusters; Snippets; Auntie Nettie; unions helping in Burma |
| UB News April 2008 | Collective Bargaining 2008; Union wins payslip clarity for sessionals; HEWRRs in the sewers at last; payroll deductions return to UB; AWA court case settled; get off your AWA |
| UB News November 2007 | Classification update; Workcover; the "Fairness Test"; Eureka Flag banned!; Sessional Academic gains; Christmas gifts; Your Bank. |
| UB News September 2007 | Classification update; Ministerial backdown (see related links to media stories); UB Sessionals Committee; TAFE Degrees and Graduate Schools; Overseas aid needs help |
| Minister's media release | (Referred to in UB News Sept 07) On 30 July 2007, Minister for Education Julie Bishop made an unequivocal statement that AWAs are NOT required in order for Universities to get funding - read her statement in full here |
| NTEU Media Release | (Referred to in UB News Sept 07) DEST sent a memo to UNE advising that AWA-only employment might be a pre-requisite for funding - click here to read NTEU's media release about this issue. |
| UB News June 2007 | Regional Education Forum; Classification Campaign; NTEU $19K win for UB staffer; AWA results in loss of leading UB researcher; NTEU saves Unisports Dance Program |
| UB News March 2007 | Workloads and stress; Sessionals/Casuals Campaign; General staff reclassification; Your Rights at Work; Ominous signs from the Minister |
| UB News December 2006 | Academic freedom at UB - view from the Branch President, a letter from UB Branch to all members of Uni Council, and an Academic Board Motion. Auntie Nettie and Mythbusters return. |
| UB News October 2006 | Just when you thought it was safe - mandatory AWAs back on the horizon! Plus meet Auntie Nettie; Mythbusters; and NTEU Uni Ballarat response to UB Council Review. |
| UB News September 2006 | AWA Update - AWAs still fall short; court case proceeding; comparison between AWAs and Union Collective Agreement |
| UB News August 06 | Special Staff Bulletin - Union Collective Agreement Blitzes AWAs |