Swinburne University of Technology
Posts tagged with casuals
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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 poor she lived on the balcony of an elderly man, looking after his toileting and other ...
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University cuts are real cuts with real consequences, says Union
An analysis of the cuts to university funding released by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) today challenges the Prime Minister’s characterisation of these cuts as being nothing more ...
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“Dumb cuts – dumber country.” Union appeals to University Vice Chancellors over $2.3b cuts to higher education
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is appealing to Australian universities not to cut staff as a result of the $900 million ‘efficiency dividend’ cuts announced on the weekend ...
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“Will teach for food” sessional campaign takes out ACTU Award
On March 6, the NTEU’s sessionals campaign at Swinburne University won the prestigious ACTU Award for the Best Workplace Campaign in 2012. Division Industrial Officer and campaign leader, Josh Cullinan, pictured here with Dustin Halse (centre) and Amie Watson (right), told edXpress that the starting point had been the late payment of sessional
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Give the new intake of university students the support they need, says the National Tertiary Education Union
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) congratulates the thousands of school leavers and mature age students who received a first-round offer of a university place today.
“These new ...
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ACOLA Report highlights investment needed to fix Australian research careers
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has welcomed the release of a report today by the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) which has confirmed that job insecurity is the number ...
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Lack of job security a real issue for Australian universities
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has challenged the Australian Industry Group’s (AIG) assertion in today’s Australian Financial Review that insecure employment is not a major ...
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Sessionals Campaigns Update
Earlier this year NTEU launched a mass campaign for justice for sessional staff at Swinburne University. As well as significant wins, our fight continues in the court rooms of Fair Work Australia. ...
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Greens’ Fair Work Amendment on insecure employment would mean a fairer future, says National Tertiary Education Union
Greens’ Fair Work Amendment on insecure employment would mean a fairer future, says National Tertiary Education Union
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) says the Fair Work Amendment ...
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Sessionals – Disputes over Late Pay, Casualisation, Pay for All Work
NTEU referred several disputes over the rights and conditions of employment for sessionals to Fair Work Australia in June. Two Hearings have been held and a further Hearing is scheduled for Thursday. ...


