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NTEU to spend $1million on election campaign to defend higher education
In an historic move, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) voted today to spend $1 million on an election campaign to defend higher education in the September federal election.
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NTEU SPECIAL NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING 2013: NTEU Federal Election Strategy
Published: 19 Jun, 2013
Tags: National Council, election
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NTEU National Council protests against dumb cuts to university funding at Parliament House, Canberra
This morning, 120 NTEU National Council delegates meeting in Canberra protested outside Parliament House against the cuts to university funding.
Jeannie Rea, National NTEU President, said that ...
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Fair Work Act Bullying Amendments
Amendments to the Fair Work Act to provide protection against bullying have been passed.
The Bill was passed in the first week of June, with the bullying schedule to take effect from 1 January 2014, not 1 July 2013 as was originally proposed.
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UTAS staff vote for industrial action
NTEU members at UTAS have decided to take industrial action starting this month in an attempt to improve outcomes in negotiations around their collective agreement. The NTEU have been in negotiations with UTAS management about a new collective agreement since December 2012.
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Update on EBA Negotiations
EBA Negotiations occurred briefly last week in relation to matters that affect all staff, and in areas that specifically relate to professional staff, there are some positive indications that ...
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Pollies urged to vote in support of universities
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is calling on all members of the House of Representatives to actively demonstrate their support for universities by voting in favour of a motion to be ...
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Peter Chapman: Life Member
NTEU founding member, Peter Chapman, was honoured with a life membership at last year’s NTEU National Council. He told edXpress that the union was more important than ever with the decay of ...
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Extremely Successful Protected Action Ballot Result!
National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members at the University of Tasmania have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action over their claims for a new collective Agreement.
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Casualisation “the dirty little secret of university expansion”, union to tell public parliamentary hearings into insecure employment bill
A casual academic, who received an award for teaching excellence from the University of Sydney, has been so desperate for housing she lived on the balcony of the home of an elderly man, and ...


