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19 novembre 2018

Sausagegate! UC members strike for value, support & respect (Advocate 25 03)

NTEU members at the University of Canberra (UC) have gone on strike demanding that staff be valued, supported and respected. The strike follows UC Management’s failure to negotiate seriously to address staff concerns. More...

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19 novembre 2018

NTEU survey on sexual harassment (Advocate 25 03)

To assist with our submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces, NTEU launched a survey of members nationally, asking about sexism and sexual harassment in the workplace. The survey was open for 3 weeks, from 12 October to 2 November, and received around 2,500 responses from members. More...

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19 novembre 2018

Report reveals poor policies and a sexist culture of bullying at UC (Advocate 25 03)

UC is a Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) ‘employer of choice’ and has been a White Ribbon accredited workplace since 2013. The University’s Strategic Plan for 2018-2022 states the University’s commitment to become a national sector leader in equality, diversity, inclusion and access, but this report by Elizabeth Broderick highlights the gap between the University’s goals and the reality on campus. More...

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19 novembre 2018

National Casuals Committee endorsed by National Council (Advocate 25 03)

NTEU’s commitment to tackling casualisation was bolstered at the recent 2018 National Council which voted to endorse a motion committing further resources to casual campaigning and to establish a National Casuals Committee (NCC) to give a prominent voice to casual members to build campaigns and inform future enterprise bargaining. More...

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19 novembre 2018

Revitalising activism and democracy via professional development for casual academics (Advocate 25 03)

That prioritising casualisation is one of the key challenges our Union is now facing was brought home by the recent publication of the Times Higher Education University Leaders Survey, a major survey of leaders in global higher education which found that seven out of 10 Australian vice-chancellors expect that a greater proportion of academics will be on short-term or casual contracts in Australian universities by 2030. More...

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19 novembre 2018

UQ Charter of Casual rights (Advocate 25 03)

On 18 September, the Charter of the Rights of Casual Academic Staff was launched at the University of Queensland (UQ). The Charter highlights the unjust and exploitative conditions faced by casual academics, and broadly calls for recognition, representation, fair remuneration, and employment security. More...

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19 novembre 2018

A&TSI business at NTEU National Council 2018 (Advocate 25 03)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business at NTEU National Council 2018 was again an important and vital part of the agenda, with a wide-range of motions tabled on issues ranging from continued support for treaties, through to the continued removal of A&TSI children. More...

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19 novembre 2018

I’m Still Not a Racist, But… (Advocate 25 03)

Racism, discrimination, a lack of cultural understanding/respect and lateral violence continues to impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff in the Australian higher education sector. The NTEU National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Policy Committee (A&TSIPC) released the findings from the latest member survey, I’m still not a racist, but…, at NTEU National Council meeting in October. More...

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19 novembre 2018

Dan Tehan: The new Education Minister has a policy solution in search of a problem (Advocate 25 03)

The Liberal Party’s decision to dispense with the services of Malcolm Turnbull as their leader and replace him with Scott Morrison as Prime Minister also resulted in the demise of Senator Simon Birmingham as Education Minister. He was replaced by Dan Tehan. This may have, in part, been due to Birmingham’s apparent inability or unwillingness to deal with the Liberals’ ‘Catholic schools’ problem. More...

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19 novembre 2018

The flood of insecure employment at Australian universities (Advocate 25 03)

NTEU estimates that Australia’s universities employed about 213,000 people in 2017. Our estimate on the number of employees based on Department of Education and Training staffing statistics (Figure 1) are confirmed by Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) staffing profiles for 2016-17 which show that universities employed 212,378 people in that year. Of these, approximately 75,000 (35%) had secure ongoing (tenurial) jobs, 48,000 (22%) had limited term contracts and 91,000 (45%) were casuals. More...

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