Uni Adelaide and the National Tertiary Education Union leadership have agreed on COVID 19 savings

The core of the agreement is temporary cuts to pay and conditions sufficient to protect 200 FTE positions, although 200 still would go (CMM July 23).

Acting VC Mike Brooks tells staff the terms are “within the framework the NTEU has negotiated with the sector at a national level in order to deal with the kind of challenge we face.”

As part of the pact, the proposal now goes to a vote of campus members of the NTEU. If they endorse the deal it will then be put to an all-staff vote, commencing in two weeks. Professor Brooks will hold a staff-forum on the proposal today week.

Uni Adelaide observers suggest the first hurdle will be the harder – that there is stronger opposition to the proposal among union members than is apparent in the broader university community.