Representing higher education staff in Victoria; protecting rights at work and public education.
Authorised by Sarah Roberts, Division Secretary, NTEU VIC.
So
@DanielAndrewsMP
:
👉announced $45m support for int students.
👉knows int ed worth $12.5b annually to Vic economy.
👉recognises experience for 40,000 int Vic students vital to post COVID recovery.
👉gets unis are key to next coronavirus response.
#SaveHigherEdJobs
Good work to
@latrobe
, who have announced that in the event La Trobe is required to close, casual staff will continue to be paid for up to four weeks, based on the work they would have performed if not for the shutdown.
#COVID19au
#highered
#COVIDunis
Welcome to strike week! Thousands of
@NTEUnion
members across Victoria are taking industrial action: a ground-breaking 5-day strike at
@UniMelb
, as well as half-day strikes at
@Swinburne
and
@RMIT
.
#HigherED
needs a better deal: Real Pay Rises | Secure Jobs | Fair Workloads.
NTEU members at Victoria's three biggest universities - Melbourne, RMIT and Monash - are all striking over the next fortnight for a fair deal over pay, job security and workloads. It all starts at
@UniMelb
on Monday!
#NTEUvicstrikes
#unimelbstrikes
Huge crowd for the strike rally
@UniMelb
- what do you reckon,
@grumpenprol
? 350 people? 400+? Staff want change: better pay and conditions, plus secure jobs. No more stalling, Duncan Maskell!
#unimelbstrikes
Please sign & RT this important petition to support Dr Jan Bryant.
"I've struggled with 11 years of insecure work, .... have worked hard, and been dedicated ... only to discover that my contract is not being renewed."
#monash
#insecurework
@beneltham
Huge crowd at today’s strike rally
@UniMelb
as the week-long industrial action kicks off. Read more about Victoria’s Strike Week , why it’s happening and how you can come and get involved:
#unimelbstrikes
#highered
#universities
Huge congrats to our former
@NTEUnion
organiser Mary Doyle for her stunning win in Aston. She'll be an excellent local representative and we all wish her the best of luck. Well done, Mary!!!
Fantastic to welcome Mary Doyle into the team. She will be a strong local representative for Aston. Today the work starts on delivering a better future for her community.
Strike
@UniMelb
- rally starting now! Are you watching, Duncan Maskell? Your staff want Real Pay Rises | Secure Jobs | Fair Workloads and they want a new enterprise deal now!
#unimelbstrikes
#highered
#betterunis
It’s on like Donkey Kong! So the rally begins
@Swinburne
. Loudest chants win a ‘golden dunny’ in honour of VC Quester and her new $300k bathroom. No more ‘stall’ing (haha) new EBA now!
#swinburnestrike
#HigherEd
Good luck, team!
@NTEUnion
at the Fair Work Commission today, opposing Monash's application to retrospectively change the enterprise agreement in order to evade the union's back payment claim in the Federal Court.
#BetterUnis
#HigherEd
Read more:
So Deakin’s VC gives himself $130k pay rise? Same bloke who tried - and failed - to force through dud pay deal on his staff just last month. ‘Obscene’ is just one word to describe this - any suggestions,
@DeakinNTEU
?
#BetterUnis
#HigherEd
Strike Week, day four, and today it's RMIT's turn to rally - after defeating the non-union agreement
@RMIT
management tried to foist on staff at RMIT Training. Let's make heaps of noise and let them know that we want One Agreement for all staff at RMIT!
#RMITstrike
#HigherEd
#LaTrobe
Uni staff could lose valuable help & support when needed most.
"This is about respecting the right of workers to representation, during one of the most profound crises that higher education has faced in this country."
✏️ Petition:
#SaveHigherEd
Staff strike
@Swinburne
again today for a new, long overdue enterprise deal, also to protest out of touch VC Pascal Quester. She wants to strip over 100 rights from their agreement and resists decent pay rises and conditions. Come join the rally today!
#SwinburneStrike
#HigherEd
#HigherEd
workers from
@UniMelb
marching to Trades Hall for yesterday's State Wide Rally. Huge numbers led by
@AlisonBarnes25
surge off campus in protest at the VC's stalling tactics over a new enterprise deal. We've had enough - Better Universities now!
#BetterUnisNWA
University staff have lost over $80million in wages according to a new
#wagetheft
report from
@NTEUnion
. Huge indictment on
#highered
sector, indicating systemic management and governance issues that only a public inquiry can properly address.
#betterunis
Deakin Uni announce they will "undertake to pay casual staff who were scheduled to work and are unable to because of self-isolation requirements for the duration of the self-isolation period.” What about
@unimelb
@RMIT
@victoriauninews
@FederationUniAu
@Swinburne
?
And today too! Thanks for the huge support for staff
@MonashUni
as day two of
#monashstrikes
begins. No more delays! Staff need a new enterprise deal with Real Pay Rises | Secure Jobs | Fair Workloads and they need it now!
#HigherEd
#universities
Students & staff protested today
@Swinburne
which is planning to cancel its Foreign Languages courses. It would leave 100+ students part way through courses with nowhere to finish studies.
More info/petition
#saveswinlanguages
#lovelanguages
@NTEUNational
We can't let
@NTEUUniMelb
,
@NTEUSwinburne
or
@NTEU_RMIT
have ALL the fun.
Monash members are going on a half-day strike next Wednesday, 6 Sept to rally outside Uni Council meeting in CBD!
Has
@Deakin
no shame? Victoria's brave and selfless testimony about her experience of wage theft is a sadly familiar tale: an aspiring academic crushed by Australia's tertiary sector. We need
#betterunis
and a public inquiry into
#university
governance
@JasonClareMP
#HigherEd
It's overdue! Staff at
@MonashUni
still wait for a new enterprise deal after almost a year of management stalling.
@NTEUMonash
members are striking today for Real Pay Rises | Secure Jobs | Fair Workloads. Join the rally at Clayton Campus today, 12pm!
#MonashStrike
#HigherEd
Listen to these Deakin staff - they know how to defeat dodgy management and know where to go tomorrow! State Wide Rally for Secure Jobs | Real Pay Rises | Fair Worklosds. Join us:
#BetterUnisNWA
#HigherEd
#universities
Strike rally of the day, 12.30pm
@Swinburne
Hawthorn campus. Bring your friends, colleagues, pets and your chants - the best wins 'golden dunny' in honour of VC Pascal Quester's exalted throne. Read about strike week with links to branch info:
#HigherEd
Union win! We're just hearing that
@RMIT
has seen the light and will now pay casual staff on the Queen's Memorial holiday, like most of the other
#universities
in Victoria. This comes after refusing point blank to do so yesterday and is a welcome change of heart. Bravo!
#HigherEd
Snap protest happening now outside
@JMCAcademy
in South Melbourne over secure work, alleged wage theft and unpaid super. Come and join! Here's what staff want:
The 'workloads crisis' is just part of the bigger leadership crisis affecting workers at
@UniMelb
and other Victorian
#Universities
. Staff, students, tax payers, we all deserve better from our public education system - and we can change it:
#HigherEd
Strike Week at
@Swinburne
and members got massive today!
Staff need a new deal with better pay and conditions to meet the cost of living, not an agreement stripped of over 100 rights, as offered by disdainful management.
#swinburnestrike
#HigherEd
#universities
Staff at
@Swinburne
are taking their EBA campaign to the streets of Hawthorn! Get down to campus 12pm Tuesday for the launch of a mobile billboard crowdfunded by
@NTEUSwinburne
. There'll be singing, dancing and a BBQ - join us!
#SWINdled
#HigherEd
More:
Huge
#Union
win to top off Strike Week! After defeating a non-union ballot in a long campaign,
@DeakinNTEU
emerges triumphant, with staff
@Deakin
endorsing a new Enterprise Agreement. Congrats to all at branch, members, staff and students who made this happen. Bravo!
#HigherEd
As the
@NTEUVictoria
strikes rolls on, yesterday our members overwhelmingly endorsed a new EA!
We’re proud of what we’ve achieved but know the fight continues.
We’ve grown in strength and ability to mobilise. And we’re clear-eyed about the future – enforcement and organising!
Staff stood down at Victoria University!
Management responds to industrial action as staff continue push for new enterprise agreement after years without a deal.
Solidarity with staff at Vic Uni!
#UnionStrong
#highereducation
#universities
Deakin now facing wage theft claims from casual academic teaching staff over underpayment for marking. We've been gathering evidence with
@deakincasuals
for months and call upon
@Deakin
to pay staff for hours worked:
#highered
Protest happening now at 370 Little Lonsdale Street (Melbourne) support of staff docked pay by
@Swinburne
for taking protected industrial action in support of pay and conditions.
#swinburnedispute
#betterunis
Come join striking staff
@Swinburne
today! Bring your colleagues, friends, granny, grandpa, kids, pets, some killer placards and loud voices. Rally starts at 1.30pm, Wakefield Street Gardens, Hawthorn Campus, with singing and sausages. New deal now!
#SwinburneStrike
#HigherEd
Solidarity with staff at Victoria University who kicked off their big push for a new EA today at Footscray Park. They’re taking action for better pay and conditions - the last deal expired in 2022! No more waiting! Read more:
#HigherEducation
#universities
🎶Striking in the rain🎶 - theme song for day three of Strike Week!
Whether you're
@Swinburne
or
@UniMelb
, turn up the volume and join Callum:
"Do, do, do, do, do do, dodo do do, we're striking in the rain, just striking in the rain"
#unimelbstrikes
#HigherEd
#universities
Support
@NTEULaTrobe
strike today - Bundoora rally at 10.30am.
@latrobe
want to increase working hours despite surveys revealing high levels of staff burnout. Staff need a fair pay rise that meets inflation not extra hours! More:
#HigherEd
#universities
Have you seen our Billy the Billboard? After launching yesterday he's now scooting around Hawthorn, Croydon and Wantirna, letting people know that staff
@Swinburne
won't be
#SWiNdled
!
If you spot him, grab a photo or video and share on social
@NTEUSwinburne
#IsawBilly
#HigherEd
The
@NTEUUniMelb
strike begins today at midday to kick off NTEU Victoria Strike Week. Whoever you are -
@NTEUnion
members, uni staff or members of the public - join us at 1pm today to rally outside Raymond Priestley Building
@UniMelb
. Let's make some noise!
@VicUnions
#highered
We’ve once again seen removal of posters overnight at
@UniMelb
despite assurances that our material wouldn’t be removed. We take this seriously as we build up to our strike.
Please keep alerting us about any other incidents of interference with union activity.
#UnimelbStrikes
Dunny d’or winners for best placards at the
@Swinburne
strike rally today. Huge congrats! Now let’s get a new and better deal for staff!
#swinburnestrike
Stand with staff
@Swinburne
- docked pay for taking protected industrial action - and join the
#swinburnedispute
protest tomorrow morning from 8am at 370 Little Lonsdale St. Swinburne’s VC will be there to hear your thoughts!
#betterunis
don’t do this!
#highereducation
The managerial shenanigans
@RMIT
have seen students punished, execs fleeing and staff waiting three years for a new EBA. Thanks to
@theage
for skewering the weasel word excuses from VC Alec Cameron's PR flacks. No wonder ministers want to fix governance at
#universities
!
#auspol
Our advert in today's Age kicking off our NDA to
#SaveHigherEd
&
#SaveHigherEdJobs
Dan Tehan & Scott Morrison Govt have abandoned our universities.
Send your message to Fed Education Minister
@DanTehanWannon
- sign letter and download selfie card here:
Today's wage theft protest
@JMCAcademy
in the sector-wide fight for secure work and fair pay. Great to have
@VicUnions
along, with our own
@GabeGooding3
speaking up for JMC teaching staff rights to super and job security.
@AlisonBarnes25
Great turnout for the strike at Deakin today - congrats
@DeakinNteu
! Now let's Vote No
@Deakin
and get management back to bargaining for a proper deal. Real pay rises, secure jobs and fair workloads now!
Why vote no:
#VoteNoDeakin
#BetterUnis
#HigherEd
Strike Week draws to a close, but the strikes continue! Next week
@NTEUMonash
are on half day strike, plus
@NTEUSwinburne
and
@NTEU_RMIT
both voted to escalate industrial action, increasing the pressure for new deals.
#HigherEd
staff deserve better!
The Wage Theft bill in
#HigherEd
is growing...$159m since 2009, at 28
#universities
+ 3 smaller providers, affecting 97,000 staff, with further instances under investigation at 8 more branches.
Read more:
Sign our Accord petition:
First it was their staff, now it's their students:
@RMIT
spite knows no bounds. When
#universities
start behaving like this towards their 'paying customers' it shows the
#HigherEd
system is broken
@JasonClareMP
: