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  1. Adelaide Negotiations Update - Annual Leave

    Posted by Katherine Gale (University of Adelaide)

    On Wednesday, 22 May 2013, we met to negotiate once again with University Senior Management.

    At this meeting we discussed Annual Leave Provisions. The parties are still considering ways to manage ...

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  2. Members' Meetings to Discuss Negotiations

    Posted by Katherine Gale (University of Adelaide)

     

     

     

    Members meetings are being held next week to:

    • Provide an update on negotiations
    • Discuss the impact of the recently announced funding cuts
    • Seek member views on the best ...

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  3. Casualisation “the dirty little secret of university expansion”, union to tell public parliamentary hearings into insecure employment bill

    Posted 24 May 2013 by Grahame McCulloch (NTEU National Office)

    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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  4. NTEU Analysis of the 2013-14 Federal Budget

    Posted 23 May 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    The NTEU Analysis of the 2013-14 Federal Budget, prepared by National Policy and Research Coordinator Paul Kniest, is now available for download:

    This analysis clearly demonstrates that:

    • Over ...

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    Fact Sheet
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    NTEU Analysis of 2013 Federal Budget

    Published: 23 May, 2013
    Tags: Budget,

  5. Business As Unusual

    Posted 23 May 2013 by Katherine Gale (University of Adelaide)

    Members may remember our messages from earlier this year about the changes being proposed to the Business School. Thanks to the many members who took time to show support for their colleagues in ...

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    Business School Survey Results

    Published: 23 May, 2013
    Tags: Adelaide,

    These are the statistical results to the survey of staff in the Business School. Open answers have not been included as a number of the responses could identify the respondent.

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Ballot Result - AEC Declaration

    Posted 17 May 2013 by Katherine Gale (University of Adelaide)

    The Australian Electoral Commission has officially declared the results of our ballot to make Industrial Action an option for members at the University of Adelaide.

     

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    Type of Action Yes

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  9. 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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  10. Uni Cuts, Dumb Cuts - Statements of Support

    Posted 15 May 2013 by Katherine Gale (SA Division)

    As NTEU members gathered across the country, joined by colleagues and students, we received the following statements of support. These are their words.

     

    From Ged Kearney, ACTU President

    ...

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