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Collective agreements settled at ECU

Posted 1 February 2010 by Marty Braithwaite (WA Division)

Following agreement late last year between the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and Edith Cowan University, new collective agreements have been settled for academic and general staff.

Important features of the new agreements include:

• A 17% pay rise (18.3% compounded) by June 2012.
• Improved rights and pay for casuals.
• Improved superannuation benefits for casual and fixed-term staff.
• Improved employment opportunities for members of the Indigenous community.
• Improved conditions for contract research staff.
• Improved job security by restrictions on the use of fixed-term contracts.
• Strengthened reclassification procedures for general staff.
• Restoration of union rights.

Although settled and signed by the parties, the new agreements are currently with Fair Work Australia awaiting certification. Once this formality is completed, the new agreements will be available to members on the NTEU ECU website: http://www.nteu.org.au//bd/ecu

NTEU ECU Branch President, Dr Alan Needham, said the successful bargaining outcomes were a result of a constructive approach being taken to the negotiations by all parties.  He thanked the NTEU bargaining team which included Geoff Lummis and Judy McCulloch, staff-elected members Ute Mueller and Ian Bennett, and members of the ECU Branch for their strong support.