Welcome to the homepage for Women's issues at the National Tertiary Education Union.
NTEU is committed to enhancing the participation and voice of women members. Women hold positions of influence and power at all levels of the Union, are active on the Union's enterprise bargaining teams, and contribute to the development of the Union’s strategy.
The Union has been a leader in many areas concerning women and their professional and employment rights, and provides support for other women through the ACTU and other non-government organisations. NTEU published the first national pay equity study done in Australia, and this has encouraged a broader commitment to pay equity within the labour movement.
At a national level, the NTEU Women’s Action Committee and the annual Women’s Conference develop this work. The Union publishes an annual women's journal, Frontline.
Recent Posts
National Equal Pay Day - September 4th 2010
Posted 24 August 2010 by Terri Macdonald from NTEU National OfficeEqual Pay Day is a national event that is held to illustrate the number of extra days many women have to work after the end of the financial year in order to earn the same amount as men. This year it is scheduled for 4th September, because, on average, women will earn 18% less than men this year.
In recognition of this day, there are a number of events planned around the ...
Fact Sheet(373 KB) - PDF
Equal Pay Day - FactSheet
Published: 23 Aug, 2010Tags: policy, watch, justice, genderequity, women, wac
Information sheet on Equal Pay Day and the current status of pay equity in Australia, together with Equal Pay Day events dates and venues nationally (September 4th 2010).
ALP Announces 2 weeks Paid Parental Leave for Partners
Posted 19 August 2010 by Terri Macdonald from NTEU National OfficePrime Minister Gillard has announced today that a re-elected Labor Government will, for the first time, provide two weeks Paid Paternity Leave for fathers of newborn babies.
This will be provided in addition to Federal Labor’s 18 weeks Paid Parental Leave. Parents will still be able to choose to share the 18 weeks Paid Parental Leave between them.
For more information on this ...
ALP Media Release GIVING DADS MORE TIME WITH THEIR BABIES
Published: 18 Aug, 2010Tags: paid parental leave, women, policy, watch, workforce, parental, wac
Fashioning our Future – NTEU Women’s Conference
Posted 14 July 2010 by Carolyn Allport from NTEU National OfficeIn just over a week there will be over 50 NTEU members coming to the Union's annual Women’s Conference, taking place in Melbourne on 24-25 July.
There is much work undertaken to improve our Union and our workplaces. We start our conference with three eminent women whose work has always spoken clearly for women. The first is Sharan Burrow, newly elected President of the ...
Paid Parental Leave: Is this long awaited baby a healthy bundle?
Posted 6 July 2010 by Terri Macdonald from NTEU National OfficeFinally, after a difficult and prolonged labour in Parliament, Australia’s first national Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme was delivered on 17 June 2010. We ask – is it ‘hale and healthy’?
Overdue delivery
The long overdue PPL is the result of the fight by Australian unions for more than 30 years to have a national paid parental scheme that allows working parents ...
