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NTEU member Jeffrey Bender runs for University Council
Long standing union member and former NTEU Monash Branch President, is running for the Professional staff position on University Council. Professional members should have received their ballot papers ...
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Union members in Social Work write collectively to Dean over insecure employment
In an effort coordinated by their union delegates, NTEU members in the Department of Social have written to the Dean of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences over their concerns for colleagues ...
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Iranian university lecturer unionist faces death penalty
Abdolreza Ghanbari, a 44-year-old lecturer of Payam e Nour University, has been detained since January 2010. Abdolreza was active in his union, the ITTA, until this was dissolved in 2007. He is one ...
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Health Services Union campaigns for better mental health services
The Health and Community Services Union is currently campaigning for better mental health services in Victoria. You can read about the campaign here. If you click on “Be Active” in ...
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NTEU runs casual teaching and research staff survey
Did you work as a casual teaching and/or a casual research staff member at an Australian university in 2011 or are starting in 2012? Then please take this opportunity to tell us what you think about ...
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Misconduct processes – and what we are learning from them
It appears to NTEU that the University is determined to pursue every matter of misconduct to its most extreme outcome – dismissal. Recent NTEU experience reveals poorly written briefs ...
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Monash College Diploma Programs restructure
Monash College first floated their restructure proposal in early November, by interviewing affected staff and offering them voluntary redundancy packages. This was in breach of the Enterprise ...
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Unfair Dismissal pursued following Science Restructure
The fallout from the Science restructure has not abated. NTEU member and lecturer in Physics, Susan Feteris, was identified to be redundant. She appealed against this and the report of the Redundancy ...
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"Small mistake" costs company $1.3 million
Fair Work Ombudsman Nick Wilson has reminded employers they can't expect employees to perform unpaid work before or after their shifts, after securing a $1.3m enforceable undertaking from retailer ...
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Support Victorian Nurses
Members will have read about the ANF campaign in support of maintaining safe nurse patient ratios in hospitals – you can support the campaign by signing the on-line petition here.


