Dear Colleague We want to know what matters to you at work. In the coming year, many workplace agreements in the university sector are up for renegotiation. These agreements set your pay, hours, leave, and other key working conditions. Your feedback will help the NTEU fight for better pay, conditions, and rights — based on what’s important to you. The survey takes less than 10 minutes, is open to all university workers (union members or not), and is confidential. Have your say today. ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, [1]14,000 jobs — that’s how many are projected to be lost nationwide due to the federal government’s new international student caps, expected to pass through parliament soon. The impact is already being felt. In recent weeks, over 1,000 job cuts have been announced across Australia. Here in Victoria, [2]Fed Uni, [3]La Trobe and Swinburne have announced redundancies, while Monash and Melbourne have signalled no funding for sessional staff in 2025. [4]ANU has even ...Continue Reading

Dear colleagues, As many of you may know, NTEU notified VU management earlier this week that union [1]members would be engaging in a two-week ban on important systems Student One and RightNow[2], as well as a one-week ban on the delivery of teaching from Monday 2 September. In response to these bans, VU management yesterday began notifying staff that VU will refuse to accept ANY work from NTEU members who participate in the bans. In practice, management is essentially locking out NT ...Continue Reading

Dear colleague, Victoria University NTEU members are in the midst of a struggle to secure a new Enterprise Agreement with university management. Recently, VU management prepared a [1]Mid-Year Report Card that certainly put a glossy sheen on VU under VC Shoemaker. The VU NTEU Branch has prepared an alternative Report Card (below) with a stronger dose of reality. What's your report card for VC Shoemaker et al.? Write to us at vu@PROTECTED Doing austerity differently: $67 million: T ...Continue Reading