Bond University Branch
Welcome to the homepage of the Bond University branch of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU).
At Bond University, the NTEU members are drawn from general, academic, and BUELI staff.
NTEU Bond EB News
The NTEU has negotiated enterprise agreements for Bond general staff and English language instructors. In 2002, the NTEU negotiated the first-ever enterprise agreement for Bond general staff. The NTEU is not a party to the current agreement for academic staff at Bond University.
NTEU EB Negotiators:
Robert Caruso
Donna Mogg
The Latest!
Dear Members - please distribute this information as widely as possible
You may wish to forward it onto a colleague or print out and put into the staff room.
UPDATE 13th JULY - BOND CONSULTANT SETS IT OUT - NO MOVEMENT ON AWA's
The response to our 24 items of concern in the template AWA has now been received from the Bond Uni consultant.
In essence, it is a non-response. The phrase consistently used throughout the letter is "These provisions have been streamlined to improve the existing process, which will become part of the university policy [and the] AWA grievance and dispute settlement process applies to any employees who have a grievance in relation to their employment conditions". There is no evidence of any "improvements" to existing processes as claimed in the letter. The removal of the legally binding processes regarding misconduct and termination or watering down of grievance processes (in the EBA) into non legally binding policy is not an improvement to process unless you specifically want to make it easier to sack staff. Remember, it is Bond University Policy "as amended from time to time" (AWA cls 26).
To add insult to injury, because of the generally adversarial nature of grievance procedures, the AWA grievance procedures will give little comfort to those staff with a dispute. Where the EBA dispute clauses provided for recommendations or decisions from the commission which were binding on both parties, the AWA makes provisions only for conciliation - any recommendations coming from the Commission are not binding.
The response suggests that management have little interest in your concerns about the AWA's or about the industrial atmosphere at Bond generally. The rhetoric of "genuine choice" pushed by the government and being pedalled at Bond could not be further from the truth.
MEETING WITH VC ....
We have telephoned and written to the Vice-Chancellor again seeking a meeting to discuss the industrial situation on your behalf. We are awaiting a response and hope to provide members with feedback this week.
MEETING OF MEMBERS -
THERE WILL BE MEETINGS OF MEMBERS THIS WEEK - WATCH THIS SPACE.
| Bond Uni Response | This document is the response from Bond University Management (via their consultant) to discussions with the NTEU over their AWA offer |
| EB Bulletin #6 | 2nd July, 2005 |
| AWA-EB comparison | This document details 24 points of comparison of the EB and the AWA, and was prepared by Bond Uni Consultant after discussions with the NTEU. |
| Recent | Recent events at Bond University leading up to the current situation |
| Bargaining Authority | Please download a copy of this bargaining authority form, sign it, and return to Qld Division Office |
| Initial analysis of AWA | Print out an initial analysis by the NTEU of the AWA offered to staff. |
| Management withdraws from negotiations | |
| EB bulletin #5 | 10th June, 2005 |
| EB Bulletin #4 | 6th June, 2005 |
| EB Bulletin #3 | 3rd June 2005 |
| Letter from management re withdrawal from bargaining | 27 May 2005 |
| NTEU progress report | 6 May 2005 |
| EB Bulletin #2 | 1 April 2005 |
| EB Bulletin #1 | 18 March 2005 |
| Classifications Paper | The NTEU has prepared a paper explaining the university's proposed new salary classifications. |
Industrial Officer
For industrial assitance, please contact your Queensland Division Organisers
Ross Gwyther email: r.gwyther@qld.nteu.org.au
Barbara Williams email: b.williams@qld.nteu.org.au
telephone 3846 2355