Staff at the Australian National University in Canberra have been asked to forgo an agreed pay rise amid efforts to get the university's budget under control.
Hundreds of ANU staff and students rallied at the campus on Wednesday.Staff at the Australian National University in Canberra have been asked to forgo an agreed pay rise amid efforts to get the university's budget under control.
"We must take action… and everything needs to be on the table including all of our salaries," ANU Vice-Chancellor Genevieve Bell said in a letter to staff. "I know this is a big ask, but I hope it is a sacrifice you are prepared to make along with me and our university's leaders," she said. "Not only are we losing our jobs but all of the work we have worked towards for the past couple of years," he said.
The rally was organised by the National Tertiary Education Union, and the union's Lachlan Clohesy said they were calling for the university to back down on its move to have staff forgo the pay rise. "Our members think pay cuts don't save jobs, they have seen it before and they don't think this one will either."ABC News: Monte BovillDr Clohesy said the union predicts hundreds of jobs will be lost as part of the university's restructure, while the university said they have not identified the total number of jobs that will be lost.
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