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Even the brief discussion at a hastily-called NTEU branch meeting at Western Sydney University further revealed the true nature of the “WSU model.”
The NTEU’s false claims of an “historic win” at Western Sydney University were further exposed at a sparsely-attended union meeting last week at the college, where union officials sought to push through an even worse enterprise agreement.
The NTEU branch president at Western Sydney University, David Burchell, joined hands with the university’s vice chancellor last week to hail the deal as a precedent-setting sacrifice of wages in return for alleged job opportunities for casual academics.
The NTEU’s boasting of this “victory” at Western Sydney University is not only false; it smacks of desperation by an increasingly discredited trade union.
The NTEU is gagging workers, especially socialists, and keeping university workers separate from the strike movement erupting over the soaring cost of living, including among public sector workers, teachers and nurses.