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22 octobre 2018

Permanent Casuals: A Contradiction in Terms!

Recent legal decisions are starting to challenge the right of employers to deploy workers in "casual" positions on a long-term basis.
For example, the Federal Court recently ruled that a labour-hire driver who worked regular shifts for years was still entitled to annual leave, even though he was supposedly hired as a "casual." This decision has alarmed business lobbyists who reject any limit on their ability to deploy casual labour, while avoiding traditional entitlements and protections. More...
22 octobre 2018

Academics for Refugees: National Day of Action, Wed 17 Oct

Join Academics for Refugees and NTEU members tomorrow to demand the immediate resettlement of refugees and asylum seekers and an end of the horrors of offshore detention on Manus Island and Nauru. There are now over 30+ events planned for campuses across Australia, including Public Read-Ins of Behrouz Boochani's incredible book, No Friend but the Mountains (Pan Macmillan, 2018). More...
22 octobre 2018

Agenda vol. 26 now available

NTEU's annual women's journal, Agenda, is now available.
Women have to be seen heard and listened to in our workplaces and in our unions. See this year’s edition of Agenda e to confirm that NTEU women have all areas covered. More...
22 octobre 2018

Senate TPP-11 Report identifies serious flaws yet it endorses TPP-11

The NTEU is very disappointed by the decision of Senate committee to recommend passing the TTP-11, despite recognising serious problems with it. More...
22 octobre 2018

Shift towards precarity predicted in US and Australia, but not UK

Two-thirds of university leaders in North America and Australia believe more academics will be working on short-term or insecure contracts by 2030, but British vice-chancellors anticipate a reversal of the trend, according to a major new survey. More...
22 octobre 2018

NTEU to launch survey on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace at NTEU National Council

The NTEU will shortly be launching an in depth survey of members on sexual harassment in the workplace during NTEU National Council. The results of the survey will inform our submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inquiry into sexual harassment in the workplace and the related public hearings on sexual harassment in the workplace. More...
22 octobre 2018

Media Release: Union backs calls to reverse university funding cuts as rankings fall

The decline in Australian universities in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) global university rankings must be a wakeup call to the Australian Government and the Opposition, according to the National Tertiary Education Union. More...
22 octobre 2018

NTEU backs Academics for Refugees National Day of Action 17 October 2018

Academics for Refugees invites all to join a National Day of Action across university campuses on 17 October 2018. The purpose of the NDA is encourage people across the university sector (academics, professional staff and students) to take action to call for the immediate end to offshore detention and to support calls from refugees themselves on Manus Island and Nauru for immediate resettlement. The day is supported and promoted by the NTEU and Teachers for Refugees. More...
22 octobre 2018

Report release - I'm still not a racist, but...

NTEU Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit has today (Thursday 4th of October) released the member and branch survey report on racism, racial discrimination and lateral violence in the Australian higher education sector. More...
22 octobre 2018

Media Release: NTEU slams Flinders University’s sham redundancies devised behind closed doors

Flinders University senior management’s bid to ‘restructure out’ long-serving academic staff has been criticised by the NTEU as an opaque process of sham redundancies developed behind closed doors. More...
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