{"id":27398991,"date":"2025-10-22T10:10:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/?p=27398991"},"modified":"2025-11-04T16:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:17:25","slug":"university-of-newcastle-using-tired-tactics-to-avoid-giving-staff-fair-pay-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/news\/university-of-newcastle-using-tired-tactics-to-avoid-giving-staff-fair-pay-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Newcastle using tired tactics to avoid giving staff fair pay rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has condemned the University of Newcastle&#8217;s decision to apply for Fair Work Commission intervention in enterprise bargaining.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as 140 job cuts loom over staff already experiencing severe stress and anxiety about their futures.<\/p>\n<p>University management has applied for the Fair Work Commission to deal with a bargaining dispute, despite negotiations commencing just six months ago.<\/p>\n<p>NTEU members are pushing for a fair pay rise, workload regulation and flexible work provisions.<\/p>\n<p>NTEU members will strike for half a day on Thursday October 23.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Newcastle attempted to sideline staff and their union from the bargaining process a little over two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>UoN Vice-Chancellor Alex Zelinsky serves as Vice-President of the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association (AHEIA), the aggressive employer association known for advising universities on strategies to circumvent union negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>NTEU General Secretary Damien Cahill said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The University of Newcastle has shown it would rather blow up negotiations and push disputes to the commission than engage constructively with staff seeking fair pay and conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Management is running to the Fair Work Commission rather than staying at the bargaining table and addressing the reasonable demands of staff for a fair pay rise, workload regulation and job security.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a cynical tactic from a university whose vice-chancellor is the vice-president of the bosses&#8217; association that is notorious for using aggressive industrial tactics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Staff are already under enormous pressure with 140 job cuts hanging over their heads. Now they must endure management&#8217;s aggressive industrial tactics designed to avoid genuine negotiation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The University of Newcastle appears to have lost faith in its own executives&#8217; ability to negotiate a fair agreement. Instead of working with staff and the NTEU, they&#8217;re deploying the same failed playbook as they did last time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Universities that find common ground with the NTEU reach agreements that benefit everyone. But the University of Newcastle seems determined to pursue confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The NTEU will continue to fight for fair pay, secure jobs and reasonable working conditions for all university staff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media contacts:<\/strong><br \/>\nMatt Coughlan 0400 561 480 \/ matt@hortonadvisory.com.au<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27398729 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg\" alt=\"UON members on strike in 2023\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg 800w, https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>NTEU members at University of Newcastle on strike at NUspace, Newcastle. September 24, 2022 (Credit: Al Scott, NTEU NSW)<\/em><a href=\"mailto:ascott@nteu.org.au\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union members at the University of Newcastle are going on strike in response to University management\u2019s lack of progress in enterprise bargaining negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27398729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[32,17],"tags":[11],"formats":[],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"work_area":[],"class_list":["post-27398991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uon","category-media","tag-ion"],"acf":[],"dsm_author":{"name":"jwilliams","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/07575b13bce6159d20fcb72126d3accd23edfd1184a96de51b4d5af25fc4e210?s=96&d=mm&r=g","archive_link":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/news\/author\/jwilliams\/","biodata":""},"dsm_categories":[{"term_name":"UON","term_id":32,"term_link":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/news\/category\/branch-news\/uon\/"},{"term_name":"Media Statement","term_id":17,"term_link":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/news\/category\/media\/"}],"dsm_attachment_categories":[],"dsm_featured_image":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b-150x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b-300x169.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b-768x432.jpg","large":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg","et-pb-post-main-image":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b-400x250.jpg","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg","et-pb-portfolio-image":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b-400x284.jpg","et-pb-portfolio-module-image":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b-510x382.jpg","et-pb-portfolio-image-single":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg","et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b-400x450.jpg","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg","et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg","et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg","et-pb-image--responsive--phone":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b-480x270.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg","gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg","full":"https:\/\/nsw.nteu.au\/council\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/UON-strike-2023b.jpg"},"dsm_comment_count":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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