Universities - even those with big surpluses - cannot afford salary rises of 15 per cent a year over the next three years, the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association says.
The Australian Catholic University, CQUniversity, the University of South Australia and Charles Darwin University had offered 3 per cent pay rises, Ms Gooding said, adding this was “not in the ballpark for what our members expect out of this round of bargaining”.
More than 90 per cent of members at Newcastle and UTS had voted in favour of industrial action, which was expected to begin “very soon”, she said. It could involve work bans and stoppages and strike days, and had already started at the University of Sydney and Western Sydney University. “Our members have produced an incredible increase in productivity during the COVID crisis, and suffered very low pay rises, seen a significant number of jobs lost and, therefore, workloads escalating, increasing casualisation in the sector,” Ms Gooding said. “And that’s a reasonable pay rise for them to be able to keep up with their cost of living.”a 4.
is a breaking news reporter with The Australian Financial Review based in Parliament House, Canberra.
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