Tertiary education cleaners, service staff and kitchen workers need more professional development opportunities says TEU national president Lesley Francey. Her call follows a mini-conference of TEU members working in cleaning, kitchens and services held this week to develop a national approach to deal with the issues they face. Members working in these fields face several big […]
Cleaners, kitchen and services staff want professional development
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Waikato general staff move closer to Living Wage
Tertiary Update Vol 18 No 3 The lowest paid general staff at the University of Waikato are much closer to the Living Wage now due to a new TEU negotiated collective agreement that lifts their base rate of pay up to $18.50 an hour. A new Living Wage rate will be announced next week but it … Continue reading Waikato general staff move closer to Living Wage
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TEU seeks supporters for fair general staff pay
This year TEU’s General Staff Day is about fair pay systems says TEU Industrial and Professional Committee member Tracie Stevenson-Wright. “TEU wants to do make sure general, allied and professional staff have fair pay systems - currently too many general staff have pay systems that are not transparent or do not treat people equally.” Stevenson-Wright … Continue reading TEU seeks supporters for fair general staff pay
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General staff excluded from Waikato council
Tertiary Update Vol 18 No 16 There will be no general staff and only one academic on Waikato's new university council if its proposed new model proceeds. The University of Waikato released a consultation document last week outlining who it wants to sit on its newly constituted council next year. It recommends just one staff … Continue reading General staff excluded from Waikato council
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Auckland’s professional staff seek pay progression
Tertiary Update Vol 18 No 18 Professional staff at the University of Auckland are negotiating for a pay system that includes annual increments and recognition of professional development. TEU and PSA members at the university started negotiating a new collective agreement this week, and their claim for a fairer pay system for professional staff is … Continue reading Auckland’s professional staff seek pay progression
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Victoria’s new council needs democratic accountability
Victoria University's proposed new council will lack independence if it does not allow staff and students to elect representatives says TEU national president Sandra Grey. The proposed new council includes seats for two students and two academic experts who are or have been employed by Victoria University. All of these positions will be appointed … … Continue reading Victoria’s new council needs democratic accountability
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Staff want elected reps at Victoria University
Victoria University’s council has proposed a new council structure that includes the appointment of two students and two academic experts. TEU is opposing the proposal as it is undemocratic and provides no real guarantee of staff voice in decision-making and is encouraging staff to make submissions to the university online at http://teu.ac.nz/petition-vuw-council TEU … Continue … Continue reading Staff want elected reps at Victoria University
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Waikato council decision is anti-democratic
Tertiary Update Vol 18 No 23 Waikato University's decision to provide just one seat for staff on its new council is a calamity for democracy says TEU vice-president Cat Pausé. Waikato's council voted yesterday to adopt a new council constitution that makes space for only one staff member, to be nominated by Academic Board, and one … Continue reading Waikato council decision is anti-democratic
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Victoria’s council plan silences staff
TEU members at Victoria University of Wellington are calling on their council to reject a proposal that could potentially remove all staff from future councils. Instead of setting aside seats for one elected academic and one elected general staff, as most other universities have done, Victoria is proposing two seats for “people who are acknowledged … Continue reading Victoria’s council plan silences staff
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Victoria’s general staff ready to reject pay model
Tertiary Update Vol 19 No 12 People working at Victoria University are preparing to resist a pay system that removes pay steps and makes it harder for parents to spend time with their children. About eighty general staff at the university, including many non-union members, marked the union’s general staff...
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Victoria University impasse on fair pay for general staff
Tertiary Update Vol 19 No 28 Employment negotiations for people working at Victoria University have reached an impasse. TEU deputy secretary Nanette Cormack says that the university wants to introduce a new pay model for people who are general staff. “Victoria says its new pay model is conditional on us...
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Victoria University staff want ‘old fashioned’ pay negotiations
Katy Miller says her current pay system at Victoria University is not perfect by any means, “but at least it’s our system”. “We negotiate it… and we have some degree of influence over it.” Miller, a PBRF coordinator in the university’s Research Office, is one of many general staff who...
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Victoria told pay offers are unequal
People working at Victoria University of Wellington have rejected two pay offers, saying both treat people unequally. Union members at the university held a large and lively paid union meeting this week to consider two pay offers from their managers. Under Victoria’s first option, general staff union members would need...
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TEU plans one-hour strike at University of Auckland
TEU members at the University of Auckland who are seeking a pay offer, have voted in favour of strike action. At yesterday’s union annual general meeting union members confirmed plans for a one-hour strike next week. Union organiser Enzo Giordani says the university’s performance pay system, Evolve, has consistently failed to...
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Victoria staff see red
Tertiary Update Vol 19 No 31 Radio NZ – Staff at Victoria University are seeing red over disagreements regarding their employment negotiations. As part of their protest, the 850 TEU members will dress in red and play the 1978 Split Enz song I See Red each hour, every hour on...
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University of Auckland fair pay campaign grows
People working at the University of Auckland are planning their next move after a one hour strike last week. TEU organiser Enzo Giordani says large numbers of TEU and PSA members, as well as students and supporters, showed up to a public rally during the strike, and that support has...
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People power brings possible settlement at Victoria University
Tertiary Update Vol 19 No 34 People working at Victoria University of Wellington will start voting tomorrow on a new collective agreement that protects their weekends and evenings and offers a $1200 pay rise. Negotiations had not reached an agreement until union members took industrial action where they dressed in...
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Auckland negotiations will bring fair pay or strike
Tertiary Update Vol 19 No 36 People working at the University of Auckland are back in negotiations with their employer today. Talks between the two sides resume following a one-hour strike a fortnight ago. Since the strike, academics and professional staff have voted to take further action in support of fair...
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Auckland’s professional staff struggle for pay rises
John Egan and Antonia Verstappen discuss the problems professional staff at the University of Auckland have getting a pay rise. Listen to their short podcast on the reasons why people at the university are on strike for fair pay, and the impact their strike is having on the university.
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Hundreds of staff at Auckland University strike for fair pay
Staff at the University of Auckland stopped worked for four hours last week and stood together to call on the Vice-Chancellor to offer union members a fair and equal increase in pay. TEU members voted to go on strike after Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stuart McCutcheon, remained intransigent in his opposition to a flat rate pay increase, fair pay […]
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