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NSW Teachers Federation Press Conference NSW Teachers Federation acting President, Henry Rajendra will be joined by members for a press conference behind parliament to update the public on the status of wage negotiations with the State Government. Who: Henry Rajendra, acting President NSW Teachers Federation and Teachers Federation members, Education Minister Prue Car, Secretary of the … Continued
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National Tertiary Education Union members will go on strike at Monash University and Swinburne University as industrial action in higher education ramps up across the state. Monash University staff will strike for a half-day on Wednesday in response to management offering a real wages pay cut, and refusing to budge on secure work or … Continued
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***1300 doorstop, Hospital Road, behind NSW parliament*** The NSW Teachers Federation’s Executive has reached an in-principle Heads of Agreement with the NSW Government to tackle the teacher shortage by making beginning and top of scale teachers the nation’s best paid. This includes the withdrawal of the Government’s previous four-year proposal with a 2.5 per cent … Continued
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Sydney Water workers have voted to reject the deal that has been aggressively promoted by managing director Roch Cheroux, which the Australian Services Union NSW & ACT says is a clear vote of no confidence in the executive leadership team. In the highest turn out of employees voting on an EA at Sydney Water, … Continued
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The union representing the majority of workers at the Kogan Creek power station will apply to the Fair Work Commission to take protected industrial action after negotiations dragged on with CS Energy yesterday with no direction from the State Government on the impact of the Queensland Energy Workers’ Charter on enterprise bargaining under the future energy plan. … Continued
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*** MEDIA ALERT *** CFMEU National Secretary Zach Smith is available for interviews via phone or Zoom about South Australia’s construction industry, wages and conditions, and Iconlink. Quotes attributable to CFMEU National Secretary Zach Smith: “Corporate interests are very happy for South Australian construction workers to have worse pay, worse conditions, and … Continued
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The University of Southern Queensland has proposed major cuts to staff working conditions while walking away from negotiations with the National Tertiary Education Union. Instead of negotiating constructively with union members, UniSQ management has told staff that they will cease negotiating directly with the Union and will seek conciliation. UniSQ claims there has … Continued
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James Cook University staff will rally against proposed job cuts on Wednesday at protests in Cairns and Townsville. JCU management has put 30 academic roles on the line as part of its academy change proposal. National Tertiary Education Union members have warned job cuts won’t achieve financial viability. Wednesday’s rallies, which start … Continued
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Highly skilled energy workers and electricians working at Chevron’s offshore Wheatstone platform and onshore Wheatstone and Gorgon facilities have endorsed stoppages and bans as they seek a collective agreement that delivers family friendly rosters, better job security and a transparent promotion policy. According to Chevron, annual LNG production from Wheatstone at full capacity is … Continued
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National Tertiary Education Union members at Swinburne University will strike next week in response to an unprecedented attack on working conditions and academic freedom. University management has proposed scrapping more than 140 rights and conditions from the enterprise agreement. NTEU members will stop work on Wednesday for half a day to protest the … Continued
