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NTEU media release: Governments must listen to Insecure Work Inquiry on need for increased investment in skills and education
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) welcomes the report of the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work, Lives on Hold, released at Australian Council of Trade Unions Congress in Sydney today.
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NTEU media release ‘Survival stall’ asks Swinburne University community to donate goods to help tide over late paid casual academics
National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members at Swinburne University have today launched a ‘survival stall’ for casual academics working at the institution and are asking staff to ...
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Higher education workers support teachers in their fight against casualisation
It has been reported this week that nearly 20,000 new primary and secondary teachers will need to be employed over the next five years to replace staff reaching retirement.
This comes as proposed NSW government reforms will hand control of staffing to local principals, allowing them to replace long-serving, permanent teachers with casual and short-term arrangements.
NSW Teachers Federation President, Maurie Mulheron, is concerned recent graduates will be exploited to achieve a cheaper workforce. He said:
“What we will have is a totally deregulated staffing structure, with an increasing number of temporary positions, no incremental pay scale and no guaranteed executive structure."
''The department and the minister see this as a golden time. They can exploit the fact there are a lot of young people coming in and a cheaper workforce. But they can also change the culture by putting them on short-term or casual arrangements. We're extremely worried about the future of the profession.''
The attacks facing NSW teachers are similar to those faced by higher education staff. Our sector has already seen a dramatic increase in precarious employment, with as many as 77,000 staff in Australian universities employed as casuals. Large-scale casualisation has begun to undermine the sustainability of the academic profession in Australia.
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NTEU media release: Casual academics unite to lodge claim on Swinburne University for late payment of wages
Over 50 casual academics have joined a National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) claim on Victoria’s Swinburne University for 3 hours extra pay to cover the time spent following up wages which ...
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Casuals in Canadian universities
For your interest, here is an excellent article in the April 2012 CAUT Bulletin by former CAUT President Professor Penni Stewart (2008-11) about casualisation of the academic work in Canadian ...
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NTEU Media Release: Increase in disadvantaged students welcome but who will teach them?
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) welcomes government figures showing a surge in students from low socio economic backgrounds attending university, but cautions more academic staff are ...
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NTEU Media Release: Skills and education at the core of tackling insecure work divide
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) agrees with former Deputy Prime Minister Brian Howe’s statements at the National Press Club today that insecure employment requires changes to how ...
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NTEU in the Media: When a casual affair turns sour
An article by Gary Newman in The Age today covers the issue of casualisation in universities in depth, quoting from Frank Larkins, Emmaline Bexley, Robyn May, and the NTEU Industrial Unit's own Ken ... -
NTEU wins big on Teaching Focused Roles.
The NTEU has achieved a breakthrough after twelve months of pushing to have university management implement Teaching Focus Roles (TFRs) which were won by the NTEU in the last round of bargaining.
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NTEU Media Release: Howe Inquiry into insecure work wraps up with a focus on universities
The nationwide Howe Inquiry into Insecure Work wraps up today in Melbourne with a focus on the situation of casual university academics.
Casual academic staff from Swinburne University of Technology ...
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