VICTORIAN NTEU MEMBERS CAMPAIGN AROUND EB
16 Sept 2004
NTEU members at several Victorian universities are taking action over the coming weeks to put pressure on employers to finalise new Enterprise Agreements, NTEU Victorian Division Secretary Matthew McGowan said today.
“Monash University members have strongly supported the 24 hour stoppage occurring today,” Mr McGowan said. “We anticipate that members at other universities will follow their Monash colleagues in supporting actions at their institution at the appropriate time.”
“Enterprise bargaining negotiations have been taking too long. Members have really no other alternative than to take these sorts of actions, to get the message through to university managements that these Agreements need to be finalised.”
Details of actions occurring at Victorian universities are as follows:
Monash University
Successful 24 hour stoppage on 16 September.
Victoria University of Technology
24 hour stoppage planned for Thursday 23 September.
RMIT University
24 hour stoppage planned for Thursday 23 September.
Deakin University
Stop work meetings on 7
October to consider further action if agreement is not reached.
University of Ballarat
24 hour stoppage on 19 October if agreement is not reached by
then.
La Trobe University
Stop work meetings on
15 September voted to consider industrial action if agreement is
not reached by 15 October.
University of Melbourne
Agreement reached
– includes salary rises of up to 18.49% by September 2006.
Swinburne University
Agreement reached – includes salary rises of 15.76% by June
2006 plus $500 bonus in June 2006 if revenue targets are reached.
For further information and comment:
Matthew McGowan 0417 054 110