ALL STAFF MEETING
12pm Thursday 30 March
Enterprise Bargaining Update
Report back from the bargaining table - Decide on next actions
In-person: Room E302 Forgan Smith Building (01-E302) | ONLINE: Register here
UQ Strike Updates
Welcome to the website of the UQ strike campaign committee. Please check back here regularly for strike updates and general information, and send all queries and contributions to uq@nteu.org.au. Also make sure to follow our Facebook, and sign up to our email list here.
Time until the strike:
News & updates
Thursday 16 February 2023
Check out our recently updated guide - "Going on Strike at UQ: a How-To Guide"!.
Also, here is a guide to suggested text for emails and
our latest flyer advertising our all-day strike on 22 February (please share far and wide)!
Saturday 14 January 2023
A quick reminder that there are currently 2 work bans in place which we're asking you to enact as part of our
protected industrial action campaign:
- Bans on participating in appraisals (that's your APD); and
- Bans on attending meetings with managers.
These bans will remain until a new EBA is agreed. The purpose of these actions is to exert pressure on UQ management
to bargain in good faith and for us to secure a strong agreement for all workers at UQ - so please keep enforcing them!
We understand that some members are facing pressure to complete your APDs. This is protected industrial action,
and any adverse action against you for taking part in the ban is unlawful, and there are penalties for individuals
and corporations who contravene these protections. If your line manager (or anyone else) exerts undue pressure on you
for enacting either of these bans (or any other protected industrial action), then get in touch and we'll sort 'em out
(uq@nteu.org.au).
Thursday 8 December 2022
Management aren't listening!
After months of negotations, they said they wanted
to finalise a new Enterprise Agreement by the end
of 2022. They didn't. So get them moving. Tell them
you deserve fair pay, secure employment and
manageable workloads.
So, join the Week 1 Strike on Wednesday 22 February 2023!
UQ management could stop the coutdown at any time by
proposing a fair and reasonable enterprise agreement.
Wednesday 26 October 2022
Last Thursday saw the incredible sight of hundreds of NTEU members from UQ, QUT, and Griffith banding together to make a noise
about the issues we are all facing - insecure work, unsustainable workloads, and increased costs of living.
Congratulations to all members who took strike action and all those who attended the rally.
Management still refuses to offer a pay rise that stays ahead of inflation, won't talk about workloads,
and is dragging its heels in the discussion of job security.
Therefore, a new week brings new bans to maintain the pressure! NTEU members can now implement two new bans
in support of our claims for secure jobs, safe workloads, and a real pay rise:
- A ban on attending meetings with supervisors and managers; and
- A ban on participating in the staff appraisal processes.
These bans are protected industrial action. You can Download this FAQ about industrial action at UQ
here.
Unless we get an agreement earlier, these two bans will be in place until at least the 31st of December 2022.
When implementing these bans, you should notify your supervisors using Workday.
Industrial action is more effective when we tell our colleagues and students why we're taking it! If you aren't
already using our material, click here and you'll find a PowerPoint slide that you
can use in classes; a Zoom background; an email footer and more.
In solidarity,
Dave, for the Strike Committee