Surely a VC managing the “scale and scope” of the job could a) ensure their staff are employed under a unexpired Enterprise Agreement, and b) is not running on a deficit. Less than this seems worthy of performance review rather than pay rise! More #accountability in #HigherEd !!

RMIT spin doctors are at it again, claiming VC Alec Cameron deserves at $50k pay rise because of the ‘scale and scope’ of his role at a ‘global university’. You know who else has a huge scale global role and earns half what the VC earns? The prime minister theguardian.com/australia-news…

More 'unintentional' wages stolen from insecure workers at Swinburne. At the same time the Vice-Chancellor takes home a whopping $1.05mil salary. Does this seem fair?

Jason Clare MP it's time to stem big business' influence on our university councils.
#Accord #BetterUnis

So the same gang of VCs behind wage theft at our #Universities , who already earn around $1 million a year, are getting pay rises?
Welcome to the gross inequality at the heart of Australian #HigherEd !
Let's change this, Jason Clare MP:
theguardian.com/australia-news…
#highereducation

We had NTEU members and students turn out in force again today and yesterday at Federation University’s campuses in Ballarat and Gippsland! We’re standing up to a rogue management to oppose the cuts that threaten not just our jobs and courses but our university’s future 💜💜💜

DIY Senate face.

Anyway, mildly losing my mind about all the cost of living stress I’ve had over the last several years which would have been substantially less if literally thousands of dollars had not been stolen from me? Thanks Swinburne! It’s not like we didn’t tell you. Repeatedly.

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Wage theft at Australian universities just keeps rolling on. Swinburne University has just admitted to new underpayments to staff totalling $2.6 million, while employees at the part-privately owned Swinburne College are owed $250,000. Swinburne has 'self-reported' to FWO

NTEU Swinburne Branch President Julie Kimber said:
“We now have a vice-chancellor who got a $250,000 private ensuite built for her also responsible for multi-million dollar wage theft.”

More wage theft. This time at Swinburne University. Of course as it is a business model of the universities. Jason Clare MP

More proof today that wage theft remains baked into the university business model. NTEU #betterunis

1035 days and counting @ RMIT

Ben Fordham Live Is it really unbelievable that people who live in social housing reflect the demographic makeup of Australia or are you just being racist?

Important reading & higher ed developments. Maybe mining execs aren’t the best ppl to manage our universities? Dodgy business with more consultants on uni boards giving $$& to consulting contracts, without accountability? Good to see action here Jason Clare MP

University councils and senates have been stacked with unelected business appointments. This has coincided with outrageous VC pay and systemic wage theft. We need action to fix university governance. Download and share our report nteu.info/corporatisation

Had a look at exploding HECS-HELP debts. It’s bad! It’s also the obvious outcome of years of underfunding. We’ve forced students and families to pay the cost of expanding higher education

Solidarity with staff Federation University facing 10% cuts to the workforce. Get down to Berwick, Churchill and Mount Helen campuses this week to show your support for Mathew Abbott and his colleagues at the rallies. Let's make the VC think again!
#HigherEd #universities

Serious news on the university governance front. Good work
Jason Clare MP . This won't be easy. Managers will resist with all they have. There is expertise on how to do this right. More on this soon. Please read the article, it is important development.
smh.com.au/education/insi…