Posts tagged with media release
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NTEU media release ‘Survival stall’ asks Swinburne University community to donate goods to help tide over late paid casual academics
National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members at Swinburne University have today launched a ‘survival stall’ for casual academics working at the institution and are asking staff to ...
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NTEU media release: Baillieu’s TAFE cuts threaten only sign language diploma in Victoria
The Baillieu Government’s $300 million budget cut to TAFE threatens the existence of the Australian Sign Language course at Kangan Institute in Richmond, the only one of its kind in Victoria, ...
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NTEU media release: TAFE4ALL campaign moves into high gear as cuts decimate Victoria’s TAFE sector
The campaign to reverse the Victorian government’s plan to slash nearly $300 million off grants to Victoria’s 18 TAFE institutes is moving into high gear, with the full extent of the ...
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EOWA Media Release - Gender pay gap short-changes women $250.50 a week
NEW REPORT SHOWS THE GENDER PAY GAP SHORT-CHANGES WOMEN $250.50 A WEEK (FED)According to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australia’s working women earn 17.4% ...
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Published: 18 May, 2012
Tags: gender equity, EOWA, wac, women
18 may 2012 • Australian women, on average, earn 17.4% less than men • The gender pay gap has remained almost unchanged for two decades • Western Australia has the widest pay gap of 25.8%
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NTEU media release: Governments must listen to Insecure Work Inquiry on need for increased investment in skills and education
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) welcomes the report of the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work, Lives on Hold, released at Australian Council of Trade Unions Congress in Sydney today.
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Higher education workers support teachers in their fight against casualisation
It has been reported this week that nearly 20,000 new primary and secondary teachers will need to be employed over the next five years to replace staff reaching retirement.
This comes as proposed NSW government reforms will hand control of staffing to local principals, allowing them to replace long-serving, permanent teachers with casual and short-term arrangements.
NSW Teachers Federation President, Maurie Mulheron, is concerned recent graduates will be exploited to achieve a cheaper workforce. He said:
“What we will have is a totally deregulated staffing structure, with an increasing number of temporary positions, no incremental pay scale and no guaranteed executive structure."
''The department and the minister see this as a golden time. They can exploit the fact there are a lot of young people coming in and a cheaper workforce. But they can also change the culture by putting them on short-term or casual arrangements. We're extremely worried about the future of the profession.''
The attacks facing NSW teachers are similar to those faced by higher education staff. Our sector has already seen a dramatic increase in precarious employment, with as many as 77,000 staff in Australian universities employed as casuals. Large-scale casualisation has begun to undermine the sustainability of the academic profession in Australia.
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NTEU media release: Premier Baillieu must reverse crippling TAFE cuts
Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu must reverse the major reduction in public funding for TAFE announced in his recent state budget, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) said ahead of a major ...
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NTEU media release: Premier Baillieu must reverse crippling TAFE cuts
Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu must reverse the major reduction in public funding for TAFE announced in his recent state budget, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) said ahead of a major ...
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NTEU media release: Higher education gets reprieve from major budget cuts but some students to pay more
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is relieved to see that higher education has been spared any major funding cuts in tonight’s federal budget.
But the major outcome of the federal ...
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NTEU media release: Staff winning the fight against job cuts at the University of Sydney
The campaign to save jobs at the University of Sydney is having a big impact, with management drastically scaling back its plan for staff redundancies, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) ...
