The dominant theme of this year’s National Council Meeting was the need to band together and take action in defence of our rights as workers, as higher education staff, as trade unionists and as people committed to human rights, justice and equality. More...

NTEU has a vital role to play in creating a more welcoming and inclusive space in our sector and broader society for trans and non-binary people. This article is based on a workshop run at National Council on building respectful engagement with trans and non-binary people within our sector. More...

Mention the word ‘campaign’ and the image that comes to mind is often one of visible activity and tactics that unions and other groups seeking change often employ. Rallies, marches, strikes, blockades, sit-ins and pickets, flash mobs, videos, petitions, stunts and street theatre are what end up on the news and are usually the time when the largest number of people directly interact with the campaign.
France leads the way when it comes to eye-catching tactics – auto-workers kidnapping their bosses, farmers dismantling a McDonalds or, recently, releasing thousands of sheep onto the streets of Lyon. More...

NTEU membership has reached its highest ever level, topping 28,000 for the first time in October. More...

The report covers a range of topics including insecure work, impact of change management, further study and community and cultural business, with findings revealing that 6 in 10 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academic and general/professional staff are in a state of job insecurity, with some staff working up to and over 60 hours per week in positions that are either fixed-term or casualised. More...

The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has reached an in-principle agreement with James Cook University management on a new staff enterprise agreement after more than 18 months of negotiations. More...

“Twenty years later: International efforts to protect the rights of higher education teaching personnel remain insufficient” is the title of a new Education International Report launched at a special event marking the 20^th anniversary of the 1997 UNESCO Recommendation on Higher Education Teaching Personnel. More...

It may surprise regular readers of The Advocate that I have only ever attended one Union meeting – and that was a month ago. I always join a Union if it’s available, but I’ve never, you know – participated. I feel vaguely guilty about my lack of involvement. More...

NTEU has campaigned visibly for many years to achieve marriage equality. On November 15 the Australian Bureau of Statistics will publish the results of the marriage equality law survey. It’s been an intensely personal time for many. We knew it would be. More...

When the news broke that former football player and Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes had been granted an honorary doctorate from the University of Sydney, it was hard – as an Aboriginal woman who has been associated with ‘the academy’ for two decades – to not feel a mix of extraordinary pride along with some disillusionment. More...