University of Western Sydney
Posts tagged with casuals
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It is all too casual at UWS… Did you know the Higher Education Sector has one of the highest proportions of insecure employment in the Australian Workforce?
NTEU: Improving job security @ UWS
Your union has had a strong focus on improving the security of employment for employees in the University Sector. As most people will know, the ...
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Letter to Professor McKenna regarding Fixed Term Contracts
Submission
(13 KB) - DOCXHow (IN)SECURE is your employment?
Published: 21 Dec, 2011
Tags: uws change, UWS,
Recently we have been contacted by a large number of members across different Schools whose fixed term contracts are due to expire on 31 December. These members have been informed that due to the Leadership and Management Changes across the University
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Share your experiences as a casual or contract worker
Unions have launched a new inquiry into insecure work in Australia.
Workers will have the opportunity to share their stories about the impact of casual and contract employment alongside community groups, unions and employers in a new national independent inquiry to investigate the extent of insecure work in Australia.
The inquiry is part of the Secure Jobs. Better Future campaign, and will be open for submissions between 2 November and 16 December, before public hearings in each state in February and March.
Share your story
The NTEU is asking you to share your experience and views of insecure work, particularly casual work in the higher education sector.
Submissions will be able to be lodged on the campaign website, securejobs.org.au, or by phoning a special insecure work hotline on 1300 362 223 (toll free).
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Casualising the workforce: 7.30 Report
NTEU Member and casual UWS Staff member Chris Elenor speaks about the casual workforce on the 7.30 Report Tuesday evening. Watch the report by clicking on the URL below:
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NTEU at the Secure Jobs, Better Future launch
UWS casual academic, Chris Elenor, spoke about his experiences as a casual worker at the launch of the ACTU’s Secure Jobs, Better Future campaign yesterday.
While national figures indicate that 40% of the Australian workforce is employed in some form of insecure work, the situation is even more stark in higher education. Recent research has revealed that 60% of the academic workforce in universities is employed on a casual basis.
Secure Jobs, Better Future is a national campaign to improve the rights and working lives of Australians employed in insecure work. More information about the campaign can be found here.
Chris Elenor is the newly elected chair of the NTEU National Academic Casuals Committee. Some of his experiences as a casual worker were published yesterday in SMH online.
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Latest issue of Connect, vol 4, no. 2
Connect is the NTEU & CAPA magazine for casual academics.. The latest issue, vol 14 no 2, is now available online and will be mailed to all casual academics next week (from 25 July).
Journal
(3 MB) - PDFConnect, August 2011
eBook: http://issuu.com/nteu/docs/connect_04_02
Published: 20 Jul, 2011
Year: 2011
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
ISSN: 1836-8522
Tags: casual academics, connect
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NTEU on Academic Casualisation in University World News
University World News reported earlier this week on the new analysis of academic casual numbers conducted by Griffith researcher Robyn May. The NTEU's position, calling the attention of the sector to ...
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Media Release: Scale of Casual Teaching a Wake-Up Call for Australian Universities
NTEU President, Jeannie Rea, today responded with unease over the latest available data extrapolating the scale of casual teaching at Australian universities. Collected directly from the university ...
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Latest issue of Connect, vol. 3, no. 2
The 2010 Semester 2 issue of Connect, NTEU's magazine for Casual and Sessional Academics, is now available.
Casual and Sessional Academic members will receive their copies in the mail shortly.
Journal
(9 MB) - PDFConnect, August 2010
eBook: http://issuu.com/nteu/docs/connect_03_02
Published: 09 Aug, 2010
Year: 2010
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
ISSN: 1836-8522
Tags: connect, sessional, Academic, paid parental leave, casuals
"New Agreements contains positive provisions for Casuals"
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Latest issue of Connect, vol. 3, no. 1
The 2010 1st semester issue of Connect, NTEU's magazine for casual and sessional academics, is now available.
Journal
(8 MB) - PDFConnect, March 2010
eBook: http://issuu.com/nteu/docs/connect_03_01
Published: 25 Feb, 2010
Year: 2010
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
ISSN: 1836-8522
Tags: casual, connect
"Bargaining State of Play"
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Casual Voices
Have something to say? Add your voiceI am not invited to any meetings, and this year not even to the Christmas party or convening meeting for the program. It is useful to go, if only to be seen by the Head of School, but I never get paid if I do go.
