{"id":771,"date":"2018-10-11T17:55:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T17:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=771"},"modified":"2018-10-15T18:20:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T18:20:11","slug":"alumni-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/10\/11\/alumni-news\/","title":{"rendered":"ALUMNI NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"

News reaches subtext that our former VC Paul Wellings is continuing the friendly, inclusive style he pioneered at Lancaster, in his current role as VC for the University of Wollongong. UOW staff were striking this week over insecure work and unfair pay, in particular Wollongong’s use of casual and fixed-term contracts. Australia’s National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has ‘accused University of Wollongong management of misleading and coercing staff ahead of a strike this week. […] A letter from management was posted on the UOW staff intranet on October 4 which directed employees to notify managers, via an industrial action participation form, of their intention to strike. Union branch president at UOW Associate Professor Georgine Clarsen said the letter was illegal.’ In response, UOW management has stressed its commitment to ‘supportive and flexible career pathways for staff.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Where Lancaster leads, others follow, it seems. According to the NTEU, management at UOW were ‘seeking to bully intimidate and coerce staff not to participate in legally authorised and protected industrial action.’ The NTEU has asked for an apology from Prof Wellings, but doesn’t appear to have received one so far. You can’t teach an old VC new tricks, it seems.<\/span><\/p>\n

subtext readers are encouraged to show their solidarity with UOW workers – the local NTEU branch can be contacted via:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nteu.org.au\/uow<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Full story at:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.illawarramercury.com.au\/story\/5689713\/union-accuses-uow-of-coercing-staff-ahead-of-strike\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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