Challenging the casualisation of academia
Image: NTEU member Dylan Griffiths attending the 2018 May Day march in Sydney (N Clark).
Last year, as the tertiary education sector reeled from the impacts of COVID-19, the University of Melbourne quietly agreed to pay millions in unpaid wages to casual teaching staff. The settlement came after the NTEU launched proceedings with the Fair Work Ombudsman, alleging wage theft by the university. And it was sizeable – an estimated $6 million in the arts faculty alone, paid to staff for work dating back to 2014.
Ellen Smith La Trobe University
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Connect ® Volume 14, no. 1 ® Semester 1, March 2021
