Papers by Grahame McCulloch
Union Defeats Government on Workplace Relations
Advocate: Newsletter of the National Tertiary Education Union, Mar 1, 2004
An amended version of Brendan Nelson's Backing Australia's Future package was passed in t... more An amended version of Brendan Nelson's Backing Australia's Future package was passed in the Senate in early December, 2003. While the Government won many of its key objectives - increased fees and charges, the student learning entitlement, no indexation and increased government regulation of universities - it suffered a comprehensive defeat on workplace relations issues.
On Bargaining and Bullying (Again)
Advocate: Newsletter of the National Tertiary Education Union, Jun 1, 1997
Bargaining to Hit High Gear in 2009
All NTEU Branches served bargaining logs of claims on universities in the middle of 2008. Progres... more All NTEU Branches served bargaining logs of claims on universities in the middle of 2008. Progress has been slow and serious negotiations are only now just beginning in most universities. Nonetheless, as the 2008 academic year draws to a close, NTEU is well placed to pursue new Collective Agreements in 2009.
Research Misconduct - Protecting Research Integrity
The Union has been engaged in an arm-wrestle with the research funding agencies (NHMRC and ARC) f... more The Union has been engaged in an arm-wrestle with the research funding agencies (NHMRC and ARC) for over two years, about the implementation of the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research.
The three Rs of round 6 bargaining
Advocate: Newsletter of the National Tertiary Education Union, Jul 1, 2012
More than one hundred rank and file delegates attended NTEU's Round 6 National Bargaining Con... more More than one hundred rank and file delegates attended NTEU's Round 6 National Bargaining Conference in Melbourne in late June. The Conference theme of Respect, Recognition and Reward underlined the contemporary aspirations and concerns of Australian university staff. After more than two decades of mass university education, the efforts and work of staff are still not properly recognised and rewarded by individual universities or the Commonwealth Government. Rising workloads, increased managerial control, job insecurity and declining professional autonomy characterise the university working conditions landscape. Round 6 is about tackling these longstanding problems.
A Two-tiered Choice
Three features of the Coalition's period in Government stand out. First, it has promoted the ... more Three features of the Coalition's period in Government stand out. First, it has promoted the public subsidy of private choice rather than direct investment in public services, leading to the emergence of two-tiered education and health systems. Second, it has been explicitly anti-union, has given primacy to the interests of employers and has been overtly hostile to collective agreements and awards. Third, it has been intolerant of dissent, and hostile to public institutions not sharing its social and cultural outlook, such as universities and the ABC. It has used the powers of Government to coerce public and private institutions, and bend them to its will.
Commentaries
Changes to Australian Universities ’ Review......................................................... more Changes to Australian Universities ’ Review............................................................................................................................................ 2
Radical conservatism reprised
After six months in office it is clear that Tony Abbott's Government is committed to the radi... more After six months in office it is clear that Tony Abbott's Government is committed to the radical conservatism pioneered by the Prime Minister's mentor, former PM John Howard.
An End to IR Uncertainty
Seventeen universities in Australia reached the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements... more Seventeen universities in Australia reached the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements (HEWRRs) compliant Enterprise Bargaining Agreements with the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) in October 2005 in order to avoid a cut in government funding. Universities and their staff deserve this certainty and stability, achieved after 10 years of bargaining under the HEWRRS and the allied programmes, and not industrial turmoil.
Carolyn Allport, feminist and unionist
Time for an ACTU Rethink
Since the August 2010 Federal Election, the ACTU Executive has been debating the future political... more Since the August 2010 Federal Election, the ACTU Executive has been debating the future political and industrial strategy for Australia's trade unions. The debate is being shaped by three intersecting trends.
Advances in social work, 2020
This past year Advances in Social Work hit its 20th anniversary! We are proud of our legacy of be... more This past year Advances in Social Work hit its 20th anniversary! We are proud of our legacy of being one of the first, if not the first, open access journals in social work. Looking back over our first 20 years, it is evident that we ramped up our productivity as a scholarly journal over time. In our first decade (2000-2009), we published 142 papers and offered 3 special issues. In our second decade (2010-2019), we more than doubled the number of papers published to 307 and tripled the number of special issues (n=10). Our first decade relied on the efforts of three consecutive editors (Cournoyer, Daley, Barton) and two guest editors (Adamek, Vernon). Our second decade saw the addition of an Assistant Editor (Valerie Decker), an open access technical expert (Ted Polley), a Statistical Consultant (Jieru Bai), and the contributions of 16 guest editors. We grew from 33 reviewers evaluating manuscripts in 2000 to 189 individuals from over 100 universities and institutions in 7 countries,...
Union moves to ethical investment of members' funds
Obituary: Joan Hardy
Joan Hardy, a former NTEU Vice-President and former President of the Union of Australian College ... more Joan Hardy, a former NTEU Vice-President and former President of the Union of Australian College Academics (UACA) died late in 2003 after a long illness.
Academic Career Should Not Be a Casual Affair
In the earlier part of this decade, NTEU won important new rights for casual academic staff in un... more In the earlier part of this decade, NTEU won important new rights for casual academic staff in union Collective Agreements including better defined rates of pay for teaching and marking, a right to be paid within a minimum time, and a 23% casual loading. At the same time, nearly half of Australia's universities agreed to impose limits on the size of the casual teaching workforce. In April 2005, the Union's progress in achieving these and other improvements for academic casuals was halted and partially reversed by the Howard Government's Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements (HEWRRs) which forced universities to abandon regulation of the incidence and scope of casual employment in Collective Agreements. The 2007 defeat of the Howard Government and the imminent demise of the HEWRRs provide a fresh opportunity to tackle casual issues.
Bargaining Round at Tipping Point
NTEU is making steady progress in the 2009-2012 Collective Bargaining Round. At the time of writi... more NTEU is making steady progress in the 2009-2012 Collective Bargaining Round. At the time of writing, well over half of Australia's universities have settled or are within settlement range of the Union's key claims - a competitive pay rise, restoration of conditions lost under the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements (HEWRRs), better conditions and more secure jobs for casuals, workload regulation, general staff classifications, Indigenous employment and a better deal for contract research staff. The Union expects even more rapid progress as the end of the teaching year approaches.
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