…In my view RAFA has the right strategy for this hostile industrial environment. It is not enough to preach to the converted hardcore – winning requires us to broaden our reach. RAFA has the sharp analysis, organising skills and incredible amount of energy it takes to do this work….
– Mike Beggs, Political Economy
I wholeheartedly support union members who are on the RAFA ticket. They have demonstrated the highest level of commitment by any standard and possess admirable clarity of vision.
– Tatjana Seizova-Cajic, Faculty of Medicine and Health
Our university needs a militant and nonsectarian Left committed to upholding and improving our conditions. In the recent strike action, RAFA unionists led from the front to demand job security, fair pay and social justice… So vote RAFA in the upcoming elections to return proven champions of real change.
– Coel Kirkby, Law School
The RAFA team have a proven track record standing up for – and with – their colleagues in their work units and faculties, and campaigning for job security, Indigenous and Trans justice at work, and career pathways for all staff in the current EBA campaign.
– Nick T, Library
I admire RAFA colleagues for their well-informed and staunch politics and principles, as well as their commitment to building sustainable and enabling conditions of living and working beyond the university.
– Shawna Tang, Gender and Cultural Studies
We need a union that works with its membership, and union organisers whose rhetoric and action meet members where they are, speaks to their concerns and is committed to building the union up, not tearing it down.
I am voting for Rank and File Action because they embody these principles in their organising.
Benjamin Lasker, FASS Curriculum
I admire Rafa for their commitment to solidarity, social justice, union organising, and better working conditions within an increasingly neoliberal University. I endorse them wholeheartedly!
– Toyah Webb, Casual academic, School of Art, Communication and English
When enterprise bargaining rolls around every three years, they are consistently on the front lines, representing staff both at the picket lines and the negotiating table.
– Matthew Stavros, Japanese and Asian Studies
I am voting for Rank and File Action at the upcoming NTEU election because I want our union to keep fighting the forces of corporatisation, casualisation, and neoliberalism at University of Sydney.
– Aiden Magro, Casual Academic, Art History
…this combination of a humane, practical vision for the University with active commitment to job security, fair pay, social justice and real democracy within the NTEU has come along just as the deterioration of our work conditions seems endless and morale is at the lowest ebb I can remember…
– Meaghan Morris, Gender and Cultural Studies
I have seen close-at-hand who has been dedicated to our membership’s genuine needs, who was a little too eager to give into management bastardry, and who has a serious attitude to grassroots organising… the hard work, considered strategies, and dedication of those on the RAFA ticket are worth supporting
– Chris Hartney, Studies in Religion
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