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Open Day Pressure - a survival guide for staff at VU
Posted 30 July 2010 by Atosha McCaw from Vic DivisionThe NTEU has called a 24 hour strike on Open Day – August 8th. More information on the reasons for the strike can be found here.
If you do not work on Open Day anyway, this strike does not affect you, but the NTEU calls on you to come along to the picket line to show your support.
If you have been rostered on to work on Open Day, then the NTEU calls on you to join the strike and come ...
Strike day motion passed at the VU NTEU meeting
Posted 29 July 2010 by Atosha McCaw from Vic DivisionYesterday’s members meeting at VU unanimously voted to call for the Vice Chancellor to step down, and for all NTEU members to strike on Open Day, August 8. This regrettable step has been taken because;
1/ Management committed to pay rises in 2010 in a written agreement with the union
2/ Management have reneged on this written commitment
3/ VU staff are among the ...
Information for VU Students about Results Ban
Posted 16 July 2010 by Atosha McCaw from Vic DivisionUnfortunately Victoria University management are still refusing to pay staff a wage rise in 2010, despite the fact that staff of every other Victorian University have already or will shortly receive a pay rise this year. The Union has made it clear to management that the only thing they need to do in order to bring the results ban to an end is to agree to a pay rise comparable to other ...
NTEU Media Release: Falling international student numbers threatens viability of universities
Posted 1 September 2010 by Michael Evans from NTEU National Office1 September 2010
The number of International Student Visa applications for higher education fell by 15,499 or 11.5% in 2009-10 compared to 2008-09, according to the most up to date information published by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. This drop in international student visas applications clearly indicates Australia is becoming a less attractive study destination for ...
Branch Contacts
Branch Office
Footscray Park Campus
Victoria University
Phone: 03 9919 4076
Fax: 03 9919 4019
vu@nteu.org.au
Richard Gough
Branch President
richard.gough@vu.edu.au
Russel Baader
Branch Industrial Organiser
rbaader@vic.nteu.org.au
Steve Horton
Branch Industrial Organiser
vu@nteu.org.au


