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NTEU members at La Trobe win the right to take industrial action!
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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OHS Issue resolution procedure approved
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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La Trobe bargaining report - 24 April 2013
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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Impact of Federal Government budget cuts at La Trobe
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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La Trobe's flawed academic workloads framework
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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(1 MB) - PDFNot 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.
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Better support for better research
Today was the first meeting of the Research Working Group set up to discuss research issues and develop recommendations around research-related clauses in the new Collective Agreement which is under ...
Fact Sheet
(144 KB) - PDFBetter support for better research - NTEU La Trobe Branch Discussion Paper
Published: 18 Mar, 2013
Tags: research continuing, research issues, LTU, la trobe,
NTEU La Trobe Branch has produced the attached discussion paper as a starting point for discussions about improving research staff conditions, including the operation of the Research Continuing clause.
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La Trobe must act to appoint staff and students to Council
La Trobe University will not guarantee places on Council for the appointment of staff or student members, however, this and other governance issues will be referred to the Human Resources Planning ...
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(795 KB) - PDFLa Trobe's response to NTEU submission on governance issues
Published: 18 Dec, 2012
Tags: LTU, la trobe, Council, governance,
Council has rejected NTEU's proposal to guarantee staff and student representation on Council, refuses to include observers in meetings and will not provide minutes to the University Community.
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La Trobe University governance issues
NTEU is lobbying La Trobe University to retain at least three members of the staff and student bodies on University Council as appointed positions. These representations are being made in light ...
Submission
(134 KB) - PDFNTEU La Trobe submission on the composition of University Council
Published: 07 Dec, 2012
Tags: la trobe, LTU, Council, governance,
Request to La Trobe University Council to allow for the appointment of two staff and one student members to University Council. This is in response to the Baillieu government's pending legislation to remove staff and student reps.
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AEC industrial action ballot paper - minor error
NTEU La Trobe Branch has been contacted by some observant members who have spotted a mistake with one of the questions on the industrial action ballot paper.
Question <J> is missing the ... -
La Trobe ballot for Industrial Action opens today
The Australian Electoral Commission today opened the ballot of NTEU La Trobe members regarding proposals for Protected Action Industrial Action. The AEC has posted ballot papers to the home address ...
