Casualised, Unemployed and Precarious University Workers (CUPUW). Street fighting for the future and mission of the university. On stolen land.
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Check it out - cupuw.com!!! Thanks to the precarious historian fund who chipped in some money to make it possible (and all the people who yelled at us that our last website sucked) đŚ
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
28 Jul 2022
We are encouraging Monash Teaching Associates and former casuals to fill out this anonymous form that continues the collection process for evidence of wage theft from casual staff at Monash University.
Please spread the word, and dive in if this is you.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FâŚ
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
27 Jul 2022
âSignificant historicâ remaining 75% will continue to be exploited, abandon careers and/or more courses and disciplines taught by precariat will be dismantled.
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
26 Jul 2022
This tentatively could be good. But before any wild celebrations, some clarity is needed about what has been agreed. First, I have seen nothing that indicates current casual staff will be guaranteed these positions.
Itâs a fantastic, historic achievement by our members. If this were replicated at every university we would see mass decasualisation, alongside mass conversion of casual labour into permanent jobs, right across the sector. â #securejobs #betterunis
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
25 Jul 2022
This is absolutely laughable. There are nearly 8000 people employed at Monash and more than half of them are in insecure employment (casuals or fixed-term staff).
Transitioning casual teachers to 5-month fixed term (semester) positions is not a solution.
Shame on @MonashUni
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Have you been offered âresilience trainingâ or self-care & well-being workshops ahead of International Self Care Day on July 24?
Joining your union is the best self-care there is. Collective problems need collective solutions. We canât yoga our way out of structural violence xx
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
11 Jul 2022
It's July 2022, this has been in the news now for over 3 years, and nothing has changed. What a joke.
@FrenchProfessor what are you doing to protect precarious staff from wage theft? You gave us a promise that it would not be tolerated.
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Many precarious uni staff have a bit of reprieve during winter break. For some, this is a welcome rest but for others, itâs a struggle with no income.
With cost of living on the rise, all workers need job security more than ever. Tell your MP & your union. You are a priority.
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
23 Jun 2022
ICYMI âšď¸
Yesterday @raquela036 did @EmploymentGovAU's job for them and gave a stellar presentation on Workforce Australia and PBAS directly to unemployed workers left in the dark by the Department's dismal communications.
VIEW the full recording đ
youtube.com/watch?v=dEeYSdC1âŚ
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
20 Jun 2022
If youâre in debt on your bills, this grant covers up to $650 in each utility, or $1350 for one
TIP: Your provider can waive up to $650 with one application once every two years. If youâre struggling to meet the bills, ask for a pause on payments until it reaches $650.
ALT Image reads: Tips for winter. Utility relief grants.
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
20 Jun 2022
Piper Rodd in todayâs Geelong Advertiser piece: âOur (vice-chancellor) makes almost $1m a year, while others are lucky to scrape together enough to live on. Itâs systemic disrespect.â Too right. Great article @michaelameade96 geelongadvertiser.com.au/eduâŚ
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
It has been casual collaboration across the country that has led to amplifying the situation of precarity through research, engagement with peers and the media. Letâs hope that we arenât sold up the river this year as working conditions are negotiated
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
From the bargaining table today with @ACUmedia (and @NoahRiseman) we AGAIN pressed our commitment to the view that our casuals and sessionals deserve EQUAL PAY for doing EQUAL WORK. We stand with our community and we donât accept the distinction @NTEUnion
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RT @MehreenFaruqi: A privilege to stand alongside staff & students for @NTEUnionâs industrial action at Western Sydney Uni.
Itâs more urgâŚ
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
30 May 2022
Monash Uni has just posted a surplus of $411 million and they are.. checks direction from Arts faculty education officers.. needing you to cut online tutorials and work for free next semester.
#WageTheft #Again
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Sending love and solidarity to those participating in #USydStrike this morning! Keep fighting for fairness because management have clearly no idea what that looks like
23 May 2022
$1.04billion that @Sydney_Uni could have invested in staff and students during one of the most difficult recent periods in higher education. $1.04b. In what world is it prudent financial management to sit on this much money? #USydstrike
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
Itâs time for change and a conversation about precarity and wage theft @CasualsUsyd @CUPUWorkers @MehreenFaruqi @tanya_plibersek and itâs time for any inquiries to not involve management of universities as we canât really trust them at this point
23 May 2022
BREAKING: Sydney Uni Annual Report reveals operating surplus of $1.04 billion! @Sydney_Uni can afford to provide secure jobs, protections against overwork and a fair pay rise for all of its staff whose hard work has delivered this eye-watering result. @NTEUnion #usydstrike
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
Across the board profits, wage theft I would love to see management teams of these important institutions held to account and no more bonuses until the most precarious employees are paid properly @CUPUWorkers @CasualsUsyd @tanya_plibersek @MehreenFaruqi
23 May 2022
Annual Reports from NSW unis tabled today in NSW Parliament reveal across the board surpluses. Staff got unis through the pandemic and Unis can clearly afford secure jobs, protections against overwork and fair pay rise @NTEUnion : parliament.nsw.gov.au/lc/tab⌠1/2
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
19 May 2022
Academic nomads: International Research on how academics in precarious forms of employment construct their careers & professional identities: linkedin.com/posts/anne-wil-âŚ
@AIB_World @bam_ac_uk @Write4Research @PrecariousFac @CUPUWorkers @DisPrecWork @UoK_Precariat @MiddlesexUni
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
17 May 2022
Solidarity with Toby Priest and all casuals who are living lives of insecurity that have been manufactured by amoral university managers and pushed-aside by union leaders for decades:
theage.com.au/politics/federâŚ
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Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU retweeted
15 May 2022
TEQSA clearly taking aim @MonashUni here. This is what @CasualsMonash and @CUPUWorkers have been pushing for over the past few years. Finally we are getting somewhere on the wage-theft crisis at the uni. Lots more work to do.
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