5/29/2023 0 Comments La trobe staffNTEU La Trobe branch organiser Liz Schroeder was even more direct. Compared to the bonuses received by senior management, and taking into account the vice-chancellor’s assurances of La Trobe’s sound financial position, we think our pay requests are more than reasonable.” “This pay offer is in real terms a pay cut for staff, who are already stretched to capacity with unfair workloads. “Management’s offer of 10.25 per cent over four-and-a-half years is less than the rate of inflation,” Ms Mansel Lees said. ![]() ![]() National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) La Trobe University branch president Virginia Mansel Lees said the university’s recent announcement of 350 job losses meant even heavier workloads and had added to discontent among staff. The previous three-year agreement ended 18 months ago.Īfter almost two years of negotiations, staff rejected an offer they claim falls below the salary average at other universities, saying it would leave staff worse off in real terms. The industrial action was called after the failure of university staff to progress a new collective bargaining agreement with management. Four picket lines were set up around the multi-entrance Bundoora campus.
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