‘Something is rotten’ in the state of Victoria, in its University?
Friends of Victoria University invite you to join National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members in largest ever mass-redundancy in Australian university history – 31 October 2008
industrial action.
This is a long running dispute. In February 2007 the NTEU issued a press release stating:
“Perhaps the worst aspect of VU’s behaviour is that it seems to be part of a consistent pattern of law-breaking by a number of universities over compliance with dispute-settling procedures. This is one of the reasons why the Union has launched this prosecution – university staff are entitled to have their Agreements adhered to, and to have disputes about their Agreements fairly resolved.”
Date: 8 December 2008, Monday
Time: 1.00 pm
Place: Room D231, Footscray Park Campus, Ballarat Rd Footscray
GIANT PICKET
Date: 8 December 2008, Monday
Time: 2:30pm
Place: Footscray Park Campus, Ballarat Rd Footscray
Where to, then?
NON-VIOLENT PROTEST
Date: 8 Dec 2008, Monday
Time: 4.30pm
Place: VU City Campus 300 Flinders Street.
A bus will be available to take people into the city for the Council
Meeting Protest.
Members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) at Victoria University have voted overwhelmingly (98%) to take industrial action following the announcement of the Vice Chancellor Elizabeth Harman to sack over 270 staff – one in four staff members.
The NTEU has imposed work bans at 9.00am on Monday 8 Dec, with a strike and stop-work meeting starting at 1pm, so that staff at VU send a
strong message to VU senior management.
mass-redundancy in Australian university history – 31 October 2008
