NTEU Tasmanian Division in Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia | Trade union

NTEU Tasmanian Division

Locality: Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia

Phone: +61 3 6226 7575

Address: 2 Churchill Ave 7005 Sandy Bay, TAS, Australia

Website: https://www.nteu.org.au/tas

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25.01.2022 LGBTI rights are a workplace issue- Despite significant gains for LGBTI people in Australia, such as legislation and changing community attitudes, LGBTI Australians continue to face discrimination when seeking work and once they are in a job. 53% of lesbians and gay men experience workplace harassment and discrimination. 95% of transgender workers transitioning in their workplace leave their job. Unemployment for transgender people is about four times that of the genera...l population and eight times for gender diverse people. 41% of intersex workers were in the lowest income bracket, earning less than $20,000 per year. #IDAHOBIT2020 See more

25.01.2022 NTEU members at UTAS, youve got an important email from us. In it youll find National Jobs Framework Q&A and how you can get involved in tomorrows National Day of Action. If you cant find your email, we encourage you to try your junk or spam boxes. If you still cant find it, check any of your personal emails and if its still hiding out, please send us a quick email [email protected] #SaveHigherEd #SaveHigherEdJobs

25.01.2022 Happy #WearItPurple Day! Today we celebrate our proud LGBTIQA community and NTEU members. We support safe spaces in schools, universities, workplaces and public spaces to show LGBTIQ+ people that they are seen and supported. https://www.wearitpurple.org/

25.01.2022 Our #1 priority is protecting jobs at UTAS. Thats why weve negotiated a variation to the UTAS Staff Agreement to save 60 - 80 jobs at our institution. The member ballot opened overnight and we recommend that you vote yes to the variation. We are hosting a virtual drop-in center between 12 - 2pm today for members who have questions. Zoom link: https://nteu.zoom.us/j/96527778020

25.01.2022 Today is the last day to register for our Bluestocking Week 2020 event! Join us this Friday for our seminar titled "Women, Work & Covid" with Dr. Alison Barnes, Professor Rae Cooper and Sarah Mosseri. http://www.nteu.org.au/women/bluestockingweek/2020/seminar... For more information on the history and activities surrounding BSW, visit: http://www.nteu.org.au/women/bluestockingweek

24.01.2022 In less than 24 hours members have written more than 400 submissions to the Senate Inquiry into the Liberals plan to wreck our universities. Tell the Sena...te Inquiry why cutting $1b from universities right now is a bad idea http://www.nteu.org.au/fundunifairly/submission #FundUniFairly See more

24.01.2022 The Liberals' plan to cut $1 billion from higher education and hike fees for students will cost jobs and hurt our future. Don't let them get away with it. Tell... Jacqui Lambie and Stirling Griff to #BlockTheBill and #FundUniFairly Contact @Senator Jacqui Lambie: [email protected] (03) 6431 3112 Contact Senator Stirling Griff: [email protected] (08) 8212 1409

23.01.2022 Report now if you suspect youve been a victim of #WageTheft at #UTAS: 1300 368 656 www.nteu.org.au/wagetheft/form

23.01.2022 Important news

21.01.2022 Thanks to Andrew Wilkie for his support of higher education and fair uni funding. We know we can count on Andrew to block Dan Tehans scheme for hikes, cuts and chaos. Send your message to the crossbench Senators here http://www.nteu.org.au/fundunifairly/crossbench

21.01.2022 Tasmanian National Councillors participated in the meeting of National Council today. See below for the meeting outcome.

21.01.2022 Cleaners at UTAS are having their hours reduced - how is this consistent with getting more staff and students back onto campuses?! Please check in to this online rally organised by our sister union UWU to show your support for our cleaners.

19.01.2022 Thanks Tanya #FundUniFairly

19.01.2022 This scheme is a mess and it needs a full, frank inquiry. Today we got one step closer to defeating this bad law. The campaign continues.

18.01.2022 Hi Senator Jacqui Lambie please listen to Jenny Smith and all the thousands of Tasmanians who are counting on you! #FundUniFairly #BlockTheBill

18.01.2022 One of the main benefits of the Jobs Protection Framework is that it will stop casuals and fixed-term staff losing their jobs right now. The framework will mean... that many casuals and fixed term staff will get new work in semester two when they otherwise wouldnt have. For more info see our fact sheet for casuals: https://www.nteu.org.au/covid-19/jobs_protection_framework All members will get a say.

18.01.2022 The Advocate have picked up the story of potential changes for TIA. https://www.theadvocate.com.au//union-keen-for-detail-on-/

18.01.2022 NTEU National President Dr Alison Barnes: The ‘funding certainty’ that Senator Griff and Centre Alliance will deliver today to Australia’s universities is an o...verall funding cut of $1 billion. The passage of the Jobs-Ready Graduates Bill will lump a generation of students with overwhelming debt and deter many from seeking a university education. This legislation does nothing to address the funding and jobs crisis that is smashing our universities, with over 12,000 jobs lost and a revenue shortfall of nearly $3 billion. University employees are extremely disappointed Centre Alliance Senator Stirling Griff chose to support the Bill, allowing it to pass the Senate by the barest of margins. But the author of this mess is Dan Tehan and the Coalition Government, which has completely abandoned Australian universities during their worst ever crisis. Rather than stepping in with a robust support package, the Liberals and Nationals have pushed the cost of the crisis onto students and the university workforce. Livelihoods and careers will be destroyed and damaged by this legislation. The Bill will strip $1 billion of funding from universities, more than double the cost of many courses, in particular arts and humanities, and make it more difficult for many students to go to university. The government must also urgently address the estimated $7.2 billion funding shortfall for Australian research following the collapse of the international student market.

17.01.2022 Today staff at University of Tasmania & around Australia are sending a message to the Senate - please stand up for jobs and education. Weve got 15,800 signatures supporting #FundUniFairly #BlockTheBill Senator Jacqui Lambie

17.01.2022 National Council (the supreme decision making body of the NTEU) is meeting virtually for the very first time due to COVID-19. The Tasmanian Councillors - who themselves are spread across the State - are joining their 130+ comrades from around the country in setting the union’s agenda for the next 12 months. Wish us technological luck!

15.01.2022 Proud to be union #FundUniFairly

15.01.2022 Dont shut the door on Tassies future! The Liberals scheme to cut funding and hike fees will take the fairness out of uni. Block the Bill! Our ad in the The Advocate newspaper today... Senator Jacqui Lambie Senator Anne Urquhart Senator Catryna Bilyk Senator Carol Brown Senator Helen Polley Senator Nick McKim Senator Peter Whish-WilsonUnions Tasmania #FundUniFairly See more

14.01.2022 Check your emails to register for the snap action today!

14.01.2022 #FundUniFairly: Snap Online Tassie Campaign Action TODAY 1pm Log in at 1pm https://nteu.zoom.us/j/92064157426?from=msft ALERT: Jacqui Lambie is right now deciding whether she will support the Government's scheme to cut funding & hike fees for uni - or whether she will stand with staff, students and the community to support higher education and jobs.... Join NTEU members, students and the community today 1pm for an online action to ask Senator Lambie to do the right thing. Log in at 1pm https://nteu.zoom.us/j/92064157426?from=msft

13.01.2022 Its here: Bluestocking Week 2020! Bluestocking Week is an initiative of the Womens Action Committee of the NTEU, celebrating the role of women and gender equality in higher education and scholarship. Bluestocking Week is named for the first generations of university women of the 19th century who grabbed the term and, even as it was used by their opponents as a derogatory dismissal of their achievements, proudly wore it as a badge of serious scholarship.... Join us this Friday for the annual Bluestocking Week Seminar this year titled "Women, Work & Covid" with Dr. Alison Barnes, Professor Rae Cooper and Sarah Mosseri. Make sure you register before Wedneday this week! http://www.nteu.org.au/women/bluestockingweek/2020/seminar For more information on the history and activities surrounding BSW, visit: http://www.nteu.org.au/women/bluestockingweek

13.01.2022 Since we cant be together physically for IDAHOBIT this year, were reminiscing on past actions and looking forward to the future when we can be active again. We must remember that even though COVID-19 has put a stop to our normal work and personal lives, people are still experiencing harassment and discrimination in the workplace. No matter what is happening in the world, this is unacceptable. We stand together and say everyone has a right to feel safe in the workplace. This year we are sending a message of solidarity, support and celebration to the LGBTIQA+ community from home in our rainbow colours, and heres to a time when we can rally together again. Happy IDAHOBIT from NTEU Tas Division. #IDAHOBIT2020

13.01.2022 STRENGTH IN NUMBERS NTEU members know whats important, and thats why theyve acted collectively to protect jobs at UTAS. Results of the member ballot are in, with 92% of members voting to vary the Staff Agreement. ... The variation will go to an all staff vote late next week.

13.01.2022 Heres Claire, who usually works at UTAS Sandy Bay Campus, sending #IDAHOBIT2020 pride and solidarity!

13.01.2022 Members are getting together *today* for a photo op to send our message to Senate - block the bill and #FundUniFairly! Meet 12.30 12.45pm at Uni Oval, in front of Centenary Building. We will be be showcasing our 15,800+ strong petition and asking Senator Jacqui Lambie to #SaveHigherEd

13.01.2022 We need Minister Dan Tehan to keep his eye on the game. #SaveHigherEd #NDAmay21

13.01.2022 Member meeting NOON today to discuss the National Jobs Protection Framework. Check your emails for Zoom meeting details.

12.01.2022 ICYMI - Women represent about 67% students in the heavily affected fields of humanities, social sciences, media and communications

12.01.2022 BOOM! more than 80+ staff, students & community members met today for a snap online action calling on Senator Jacqui Lambie to do the right thing for Tassie & higher education - #BlockTheBill & #FundUniFairly (We hope she is listening to the community!)

10.01.2022 Uni shouldnt just be for the rich. We need Senator Lambie to stop fee hikes and funding cuts.

10.01.2022 The Liberals scheme to hike fees and cut funding will send Australian universities into chaos. Send your submission into the Senate inquiry before September 10 https://www.aph.gov.au//Education_and_Em/JobReadyGraduates

09.01.2022 TODAY - National Day of Action to #SaveHigherEd President Dr. Alison Barnes was on AM this morning talking about why our unis are key to economic recovery - we hope Minister Tehan was listening #SaveHigherEdJobs

08.01.2022 We put this ad in Senator Jacqui Lambie's local paper in Burnie the other day. We really hope she gets the message & does the right thing by the young people of Tasmania Hiking fees & cutting funding to higher education will cost jobs, hurt young people and hurt Tassie.... #FundUniFairly #BlockTheBill

06.01.2022 In the wake of the announcement from SA ICAC regarding former VC Rathjen, we wrote to UTAS expressing concerns with the universitys investigation of his behaviour and made recommendations on how an investigation should occur. We are pleased that University management have taken member concerns on board and have initiated an independent inquiry. Excerpts from our letter below

05.01.2022 What is it about university staff that makes them so undeserving of Scott Morrisons help? The Government cannot explain why a university student working a $100... shift per week receives the full $1500 JobKeeper wage subsidy, while a full-time university worker with kids to support, is not eligible. Were relying on our brilliant universities and their researchers to find a vaccine for COVID-19 yet these people cant rely on Scott Morrison to protect their jobs.

04.01.2022 There are nowhere near enough upsides of this proposed legislation to justify the embedded cuts to base funding!

03.01.2022 The University of Tasmania spent more than $1.3 million on renovations of the vice-chancellors office and nearby administration area over the five years to 2016, the ABC can reveal.

03.01.2022 Andrew and David represent on #WearItPurple Day! The NTEU supports and celebrates diversity and young people from the LGBTIQA+ community. Head to https://www.wearitpurple.org/ for more info.

02.01.2022 Happy NAIDOC week! This week we celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples & NTEU members.

02.01.2022 Tasmania is tipping into a recession with unemployment rate sitting above 12%. UTAS is a huge Tasmanian employer, and we need a Jobs Protection Framework to save jobs in higher education. #SaveHigherEdJobs

01.01.2022 We're hiring! We are looking for a part-time Union Organiser to work from our Sandy Bay office. The NTEU is a progressive, value-based organisation and we encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply. https://nteu.recruitmenthub.com.au///title/Union-Organiser