The USYD NTEU’s 2021-2023 bargaining round went from August 2021 to June 2023, over which period we took a total of 9 days of strike action. The final agreement reached contained some important union wins, but also a number of compromises on important conditions, leading us to argue it needed to be voted down. The vote to continue the campaign with a further three day strike on 18th April failed by 290 votes (41%) to 374 votes (53%). The final vote on 13th of June on the Branch Committee endorsement to reject the agreement failed by 172 votes (20%) to 682 (78%).
The below fact sheets, NTEU bargaining summaries, and historical EAs and awards are left here for easy access. For RAFA’s position at the decisive moments of the campiagn, please see our catalogue of bulletins.
Please find the below summaries of the bargaining meetings written by the union bargaining team.
Meeting 39 (19/4/23)
Overview of progress (12/4/23)
Meeting 38 (4/4/23)
Meeting 37 (28/3/23)
Meeting 36 (21/3/23)
Meeting 34 (28/2/23)
Meeting 33 (21/2/23)
Meeting 32 (14/2/23)
Meeting 31 (7/2/23)
State of EB Negotiations (13/12/22)
Meetings 29 and 30 (6/12/22 & 13/12/22): respectively on Academic Matters Only and the final meeting of 2022
Meeting 28 (15/11/22)
Meeting 27 (1/11/22)
State of Play III (27/10/22): Comprehensive bargaining summary for week 13 meeting voting on 2023 strategy.
Meeting 26 (18/10/22)
Meeting 25 (4/10/22)
Special academic matters meeting (29/9/22)
Meeting 24 (20/9/22)
State of Play II (13/9/22): Comprehensive bargaining summary leading up to week 10 strike
Meeting 23 (6/9/22)
Meeting 22 (30/8/22), video report here.
Meeting 21 (9/8/22)
Meeting 20 (26/7/22)
State of Play I (20/7/22): Comprehensive bargaining summary after winter negotiations and May strikes, leading in to Sem 2 discussions.
Special Academic Matters Meetings (July 2022)
Meeting 19 (12/7/22)
Meeting 18 (28/6/22)
Meeting 17 (14/6/22)
Meeting 16 (31/5/22)
Meetings 14 and 15 (3/5/22 and 17/5/22)
Meeting 13 (5/4/22)
Meeting 12 (29/3/22)
Meeting 11 (15/3/22)
The 2021 Bargaining summaries (meetings 1-7) can be found here. Meeting 8 is here. Meeting 9 took place on 24/11/21 and discussed Academic Workloads, EFRs, 40/40/20, and clauses on casual employment. Meeting 10 took place on 8/12/21 and discussed the lived experience of people with disabilities, and next steps.
Other Documents Useful for Bargaining
NTEU Updated Casual Claim (Academic and Professional Work at USYD) (adopted 8/3/22)
NTEU Log of Claims (28/7/21)
Management Log of Claims (2/8/21)
The Goodman Report 2020, commissioned by the Department of Education, is a useful investigation of Education Focused Roles, recommending: appointment of casuals as level A academic staff and a cap on teaching for education focused staff of 60%.
Historical USYD EAs
| 2023-2026 | University of Sydney Enterprise Agreement 2023-2026 |
| 2018-2021 | University of Sydney Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021 |
| 2013-2017 | University of Sydney Enterprise Agreement 2013-2017 |
| 2009-2012 | University of Sydney Enterprise Agreement 2009-2012 |
| 2006-2008 | University of Sydney General Staff Agreement 2006 – 2008 University of Sydney Academic Staff Agreement 2006-2008 |
| 2003-2006 | University of Sydney General Staff Agreement 2003-2006 University of Sydney Academic and Teaching Staff Agreement 2003-2006 |
Awards
Higher Education Industry—Academic Staff—Award 2020
Rank-And-File Action USYD 