Casual staff at WA's biggest university say they're finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet, as management reject their demands for an interim pay increase and unions say industrial action could be on the cards.
Staff at WA’s biggest university are considering industrial action after enterprise bargaining negotiations stalled over interim cost-of-living pay rises and Indigenous employment targets.The university says negotiations are ongoingCurtin University staff said management had rejected their request for an interim pay rise while negotiations took place over a new enterprise bargaining agreement .
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment, retention, development, success and cultural safety at Curtin University is a significant priority and parties continue to explore how this priority is best represented in the agreement," the spokesperson said in a statement. "At the end of every semester you have to knock on as many doors as possible and ask 'have you got any work for me?'" she said."Dad's a refugee, and he told me that when he first came to Australia, that's exactly what he had to do — knock on doors and beg for work. And it's just sad to see this repeating again."
"It's a really miserable existence. When I go grocery shopping I have to check my bank balance before I go, and I'm finding myself hitting up my parents for cash a lot.Hannah said filling up her car with petrol had become increasingly expensive, and she could no longer afford to drive to campus once parking costs were taken into account.
Associate Professor Scott Fitzgerald says it's disappointing ongoing cost of living pressures are not being considered by management.
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