Australian university workers speak out against casualisation, cuts and restructuring
“I think a collective unified struggle of university staff across the country would be a lot more effective than what we are doing now.”
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“I think a collective unified struggle of university staff across the country would be a lot more effective than what we are doing now.”
Australia could soon see wages drive up inflation with new figures showing pay levels climbing faster than previously expected. Unions are also pushing for a return to industry-wide bargaining.
The ACTU has proposed 'multi-employer or sector bargaining' - effectively a return to industry-wide bargaining that in the early 1980s saw workers receive double-digit pay rises.
Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey wants the federal government to change industrial relations laws so non-unionised staff have to pay hundreds of dollars in fees.
The Postal Workers’ Rank-and-File Committee warns that a union-backed Labor government will deepen the assault on the working class, advance the drive to war and continue the homicidal “let it rip” COVID-19 agenda.