By Paul Clifton. The QUTE Caucus was first set up within the NTEU in 2002 and re-invigorated within the Victorian Division some years later. The purpose of the QUTE Caucus is to develop networks between members within the LGBTIQ communities and foster opportunities for action within the Union and broader labour movement and community. More...
By Paul Clifton. Academic workload and unpaid overtime for general staff are key elements of the major case being run by NTEU in the Fair Work Commission, which has now stretched over two years. More...
By Paul Clifton. After a hard fought enterprise bargaining campaign, NTEU Swinburne University Branch successfully won a new conversion to secure work rights for casual academic staff in 2015. The provision is unique to our sector as it is the first of its kind to be won by NTEU members. More...
By Celeste Liddle. Invasion Day 2017 saw the largest protests and convergences seen in the country for decades. It reflected an unmistakable shift in public opinion when it comes to the recognition of Indigenous displacement and genocide and whether this should be a date our country celebrates. More...
By Jeannie Rea. In Australia cheating, whether through old fashioned plagiarising or buying the services of others to complete assignments, is reportedly more prolific amongst international and postgraduate coursework students paying high fees in a deregulated market place. Across the board, apparently more students are cheating as fees and the cost of living increase along with the costs of failing. More...
By Jeannie Rea. We have maintained that university councils should be transparent and accountable, in the face of ludicrous levels of secrecy now common across the country. These days in most places members of the university cannot observe council meetings, and cannot even see the agenda, let alone the papers. An outcome of the NTEU’s workshop last year for NTEU members on councils will be a handbook addressing ‘conflict of interest’ and other issues. More...
By Jeannie Rea. Women still do not have the same opportunities in life because we are gendered women; and men do have greater opportunities compared to women of their class, race, religion, ethnicity, locality, age, ability, and virtually any other measure. Many individual women, and even groups of women, are better off (albeit at times at the expense of other women), but sex and gender based discrimination and prejudice continue to disadvantage women and advantage men. More...
By Jeannie Rea. In a move unprecedented in the university sector, Murdoch management applied to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) in December last year to terminate the University’s Enterprise Agreement. They did so in tandem with a separate application to the Commission for assistance to try and facilitate the bargaining process for a new Enterprise Agreement. More...
By Jeannie Rea. National President Jeannie Rea and National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Organiser Celeste Liddle appeared for the NTEU at a roundtable with Dr Dubravka Simonovi, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women in Melbourne in February. More...
By Jeannie Rea. This February the NTEU National Executive determined that the Union must bring together our industrial, public advocacy and campaigning work for secure jobs into a coherent medium-term national campaign, that while supporting and encouraging Branch and Division initiatives, recognises that national coordination is essential for making and measuring progress towards achieving the aim of more permanent jobs. More...
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