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  1. Destination Fiji - a vacation from workers' rights

    Posted 22 May 2013 by Grahame McCulloch (NTEU National Office)

    Bula!

    Fiji is famous for its sandy white beaches, blue waters, palm trees, sunshine and smiling faces. But behind the island beauty lies a much uglier reality.

    Since Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power of the South Pacific nation in 2006, the regime has systematically stripped workers of their wages and conditions.

    Now, over 60 per cent of Fijian wage earners are living below the poverty line, hotel workers earn less than $3 an hour, and workers vocal in opposition to the regime have been threatened and assaulted.

    We can support the people of Fiji get their island paradise

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  2. Enterprise Bargaining BBQ

    Posted 22 May 2013 by Kate Barnsley (University of Sydney)

    We are holding a BBQ for NTEU Members on Monday, May 27 from 12:30-2:00.

    Come along and have lunch with your colleagues, friends and comrades and let's celebrate our successes and share our stories and experiences from the campaign so far. 

    NTEU Members’ BBQ

    Where:   Roof Top BBQ above the Squash Courts

    When:   Monday, May 27

    Time:  

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  3. Federal Court reinstates university professor sacked in sham redundancy

    Posted 20 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    The Federal Court has ordered the reinstatement of Professor Judith Bessant at RMIT University in Melbourne – a judgement that the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) welcomes as a warning ...

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  4. UNE management waiting for September election

    Posted 20 May 2013 by Trevor Smith (University of New England)

    One could be forgiven for being confused about the respective positions of UNE’s management and the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) in the current round of collective bargaining. It’s been a long haul, with bargaining commencing for academic staff twelve months ago and six months ago for ELC and general/professional

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  5. Abbott’s smoke and mirrors budget plan hits education hard

    Posted 17 May 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) today warned that Federal Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, is hiding the range and breadth of funding cuts planned by the Coalition should it win ...

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  6. Media, photos from UoN Uni Cuts Action 14th May

    Posted 16 May 2013 by Jenny Whittard (University of Newcastle)

    Members who missed out on our Uni Cuts, Dumb Cuts action on campus this week can catch up on all the news & photos from our event here!

     

    NBN NEWS TV online -14th May 2013

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  7. General Meeting EBA Log of Claims

    Posted 16 May 2013 by Sean O'Brien (Macquarie University)

     
    Dear member,
     
    The Macquarie Branch of the NTEU is holding a General Meeting to discuss our log of claims for the next round of Enterprise Bargaining. Over the last few months we have ...

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    General Meeting EBA Log of Claims

    Published: 16 May, 2013
    Tags: EB6, General Meeting, Log of Claims, MQ,

    Dear member, The Macquarie Branch of the NTEU is holding a General Meeting to discuss our log of claims for the next round of Enterprise Bargaining. Over the last few months we have been holding members meetings to gain an idea on what members would l

  8. NTEU protests call for the restoration of $2.3bn cut from higher education

    Posted 15 May 2013 by Adam Knobel (NSW Division)

    Over 700 protestors called for the restoration of the latest $2.3bn cuts to university and student funding at a rally this afternoon in Sydney’s Victoria Park. Staff from the University of ...

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  9. UoN Staff, Students & NTEU members take action against Dumb Cuts

    Posted 14 May 2013 by Jenny Whittard (University of Newcastle)

    It may have rained today but nothing dampened the spirits of approx 150 staff, students and members of the University of Newcastle community who turned out to attend a lunch time action in support of ...

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    NTEU Branch President Suzanne Ryan & 'The Snakes & Ladders of Dumb Cuts'
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  10. NTEU welcomes Greens and Andrew Wilkie’s opposition to uni cuts legislation

    Posted 14 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    The Greens and independent MP Andrew Wilkie this morning announced their support for the National Tertiary Education Union’s ‘uni cuts- dumb cuts’ campaign and declared their ...

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