Ready for Bargaining for a New Agreement (again?!?)
For months now, members of the NTEU have been preparing through:
UniMelb branch-level sessions
Victorian division-wide planning
A national sector-wide survey
And hundreds (if not thousands) of conversations across our campuses
All of it to shape the staff agenda for the next round of bargaining.
This week kicks off the next phase: a survey of all UniMelb staff to inform our Log of Claims.
We made real gains together in our last agreement.
Together, some of the things we won include:
Pay increases that kept UniMelb in the top 3 nationally
Secure jobs for over a thousand colleagues moving off casual contracts
Priority hiring rights into ongoing roles
Research time guaranteed in new academic roles
29% increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment targets
Parental leave of up to 38 weeks from day one of employment
30 days gender affirmation leave for all staff
No one wants bargaining to drag out like it did last time.
I believe that with a new Vice-Chancellor who knows both our institution and the sector, we have an opportunity to build a strong workplace — together.
