NTEU Fightback want to build an activist union: A union that fights for a real pay rise, not just crumbs. A union that fights for job security, to protect the 40-40-20 teaching research nexus, and for manageable workloads. A union that fights for social justice issues including First Nations and disability rights. And a union that fights for casual rights, including an end to wage theft, pay for all hours worked and real conversion rights.
With inflation close to 7%, staff wages are falling in real terms. Given that USYD's 2021 surplus was over $1 billion, we know there's plenty of money for the real and substantial pay rise that staff deserve. Fightback initially fought for and remain committed to a CPI + 2.5% pay claim.
Fightback activists were central to campaigning for the semester 1 2022 48-hour strike and the follow-up strike specifically focused on EBA claims relating to First Nations staff. We've been pushing for the sort of consistent, escalating industrial action that management will have no choice but to pay attention to.
Candidate statement:
Branch Committee - Ordinary Member
I’m a professional staff member in External Engagement; a delegate, health and safety rep, and on the cases and campaign committees. I’m also a proud member of NTEU Fightback.
The EBA negotiations have shown that our current approach to dealing with management attacks is not going to g
Candidate statement:
Branch Committee - Ordinary Member
I’m a professional staff member in External Engagement; a delegate, health and safety rep, and on the cases and campaign committees. I’m also a proud member of NTEU Fightback.
The EBA negotiations have shown that our current approach to dealing with management attacks is not going to get us a better deal. We’ve ended up with a real pay cut, sacrificed casual conversion rights, no enforceable first nations targets, and little to stop the endless restructures.
The reality is that right now management is on the front foot. We should not have been so willing to trade off hard-won conditions for empty promises from management under the guise of being ‘reasonable’ and ‘balanced’.
I see the purpose of our union is to stand for those who want to solve the big problems of the world with creativity and passion: the creators, not extractors of value. Why shouldn’t we have a genuine say in how we direct our own work?
I’ve consistently argued for greater industrial action while on BC during EBA negotiations, stood sideby-side with you at every strike and picket, and want to ensure that BC is fighting hard for members who need strong advocacy from a strong union; not just another management working group
Candidate statement:
Branch Committee - Ordinary Member
I am a professional staff member working in physics and writing up my PhD thesis. I’ve been an NTEU member since I started my postgraduate studies and an avid unionist from a young age since my dad explained unionism to me after I told him it was nice that he had a day off (he was on s
Candidate statement:
Branch Committee - Ordinary Member
I am a professional staff member working in physics and writing up my PhD thesis. I’ve been an NTEU member since I started my postgraduate studies and an avid unionist from a young age since my dad explained unionism to me after I told him it was nice that he had a day off (he was on strike!)
I don’t think it's controversial to say that the interests of rank-and-file workers do not align with the interests of management. That’s why we have a union, after all. As such, I don’t think we should strive to meet management in the middle with our demands. Rather, we need to pull them as far as we possibly can to our side, because that is certainly their strategy.
During the recent bargaining round, I worked with NTEU fightback to push for stronger, more unified industrial action to retain our pay and conditions and push back against the below inflation “wage increase” and massive expansion of “education focussed roles”.
If I'm elected to the branch committee, I will relentlessly advocate for the rights of all our members, because that is what a union is for.
NTEU Fightback, a rank-and-file union group of the NTEU at the University of Sydney, is calling on staff to vote No in the upcoming ballot on the proposed enterprise agreement.
There are a lot of big claims being made about gains in the enterprise agreement at Sydney Uni. In this document, USyd Fightback digs behind the hype, analyses what we know about the actual clauses which will govern our working life for the next few years, and tries to get to the bottom of what we’re actually being offered here.
Sydney University is one of the biggest employers in the country and has some of the deepest pockets. Management reported an incredible $1 billion surplus just last year. What happens at the university industrially matters across the country. Sydney workers’ history of consistent industrial action has won some of the best conditions at any Australian university—until now.
Jerome Small responds to Rank and File Action's statement on the USYD EBA campaign.
There are five main themes of my article on the industrial campaign at Sydney University, each of which is disputed by the Rank and File Action (RAFA) group in its self-justification...
University of Sydney management's offer is a historic attack on conditions and pay. It's a travesty that our bargaining team has capitulated and helped sell this offer.
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