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What is bargaining?

Collective bargaining is how union members can improve the pay and conditions of themselves and their colleagues. The Collective Agreements (also called Enterprise Agreements) that are negotiated cover all aspects of work: pay rates, superannuation, leave, workloads etc. Read more...

University staff have had their rights at work seriously undermined in the past by the introduction of Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements (HEWRRs) and WorkChoices. We are now well placed to win back many of the rights that were lost under the Howard era, as well as promote a positive agenda of improving the university sector as a whole.