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The Federation University Branch of the NTEU welcomes today’s announcement from FedUni regarding the revitalisation of the Bachelor of Arts course. This is a positive first step toward creating a distinctive Bachelor of Arts which will stand out in the market and serve the needs of students and regional communities into the future. Quotes attributable … Continued
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A Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has quashed the approval of the Southern Cross University Enterprise Agreement 2021. After more than a year of bargaining, management decided to conduct a non-union ballot in October 2022. At the time, management had not agreed to any proposals put forward by NTEU members. The proposed agreement … Continued
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The CFMEU has warned federal, state and territory governments all must take action to stop engineered stone killing more tradies. The CFMEU’s Stop This Killer Stone campaign calls for a ban on the import, manufacture and use of the deadly product, which causes diseases like silicosis. The federal government has the power to ban its … Continued
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The CFMEU has declared engineered stone must be banned after a the recommendations of an expert report. Safe Work Australia has recommended banning the deadly product, which is killing workers through deadly dust diseases like silica. CFMEU National Secretary Zach Smith said the report backed up the union’s Stop This Killer Stone campaign. “This report … Continued
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**** MEDIA ALERT **** Thousands of union members will on Thursday march through Sydney to NSW Parliament House calling for a ban on engineered stone ahead of federal and state work health and safety ministers meeting on Friday. Who: CFMEU National Secretary Zach Smith, CFMMEU National Secretary Christy Cain and state leaders including … Continued
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**** MEDIA ALERT **** Thousands of union members will on Thursday march through Sydney to NSW Parliament House calling for a ban on engineered stone ahead of federal and state work health and safety ministers meeting on Friday. Who: CFMEU National Secretary Zach Smith, CFMMEU National Secretary Christy Cain and state leaders including … Continued
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Hundreds of union members march on Evoenergy and ACT Legislative Assembly Hundreds of furious Electrical Trades Union members and activists will be joined by members of Professionals Australia and the CFMEU to march on the offices of Evoenergy CEO, John Knox, and then the ACT Legislative Assembly, to show their disgust at the company’s … Continued
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The National Tertiary Education Union, the union representing all university staff, has launched a petition to try and save the job of a University of Sydney academic with a disability. Dr Niko Tiliopoulos, a Senior Lecturer in the University of Sydney’s School of Psychology, is seriously immunocompromised and has multiple severe respiratory conditions. After he … Continued
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For the first time in more than two decades staff at UniSQ will walk off the job next Wednesday 25 October. NTEU members voted unanimously at a meeting of more than 200 UniSQ staff to take a half-day strike starting at lunchtime. Quotes attributable to NTEU UniSQ Branch President, Professor Andrea Lamont-Mills “Management have refused … Continued
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The Mining and Energy Union has expressed alarm at news the Callide C coal power station in Queensland was operating without the required regulatory approval at the time of a dramatic explosion in May 2021. The Australian Energy Regulator yesterday fined CS Energy $67,800 for breaching the National Electricity Law by not being a registered … Continued
