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BRIEF, AUSTRALIA
Industrial action planned at Sydney university

Dick Nichols

25 April 2009

SYDNEY— University of Sydney members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in pursuit of a decent agreement with the university’s administration.

An April 22 NTEU mass meeting discussed options for industrial action proposed by the local NTEU leadership. The vote for the option of 24-hour strikes was carried by 839 to 119 votes.

The main sticking points in the negotiations with the university administration are its proposal for teaching-only positions (which would rob these workers of any time for research); fixed-term employment contracts; the duration of the agreement and the university’s salary increase offer of 4.5% a year.

The meeting voted to strike for 24 hours on April 30 and to meet again on May 5 to consider the next steps in the campaign.