Tag: Unions
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UNSW staff go on strike
NTEU members form picket line on Anzac Parade/University Mall Standfirst: After months of inconclusive negotiations, UNSW staff began picketing as part of an effort to obtain higher wages, improved job security and more balanced workloads. Union-Affiliated UNSW staff went on strike last Wednesday after a call by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). The strike…
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How rivalry between staff unions may or may not affect your life
In August, The Australian newspaper reported the National Tertiary Education Union’s unsuccessful appeal to Fair Work Australia against an enterprise agreement reached at the end of last year. The NTEU, the article read, was in part unhappy with the University’s unlimited fixed-term contract conditions for general staff, and felt that the other union, the Community…
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Viva Arc?
“They said VSU, We said ‘Fuck you,’ They said, ‘No, you’re fucked,’ Viva Arc.” Graffiti in a male toilet cubicle at the Roundhouse. Experiences of university life have undergone great changes over the past twenty years. Increasing numbers of students balance part-time work and study, opt for combined degrees, and universities develop their global and…