Waikato Institute of Technology
Organiser
Megan Morris
Email http://scr.im/meganmorris
University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240
LG 19, University of Waikato, Knighton Rd, Hamilton 3216
Tel 07 838 4531
Email http://scr.im/hamiltonteu
Branch President
Susan Bennett
Susan.Bennett@wintec.ac.nz
834 8800 ext 8393
Employment Agreement
Wintec CA Academic Staff to 20 December 2013
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More polytechnic studentsFebruary 15, 2012, 12:52 pmSome polytechnics are reporting strong enrolments and say relatively high unemployment is continuing to drive people into tertiary education according to Radio New Zealand According to Radio NZ tertiary institutions in New Plymouth, Wellington, Porirua and Auckland say enrolments are between 5 percent and 40 percent higher than at the [...]
More trades academies announcedSeptember 8, 2011, 9:48 amEducation Minister Anne Tolley has announced the ten new Trades Academies, which are to open around New Zealand from 2012, providing practical skills training for secondary school students while allowing them to study for NCEA credits and tertiary qualifications. Mrs Tolley also announced this week that Christchurch is to have [...]
Negotiations across the nationJuly 14, 2011, 11:11 amThe employers at the five Ready2Go polytechnics (Whitireia, Wintec, BOPP, Unitec and NorthTec) have now finally agreed that they are indeed ‘ready to go’ and have agreed dates to negotiate with their respective TEU members. The first, Whitireia begins negotiations tomorrow (Friday) and the last gets underway on 3 August. Weltec has [...]
Letter to Ombudsman re: costs associated with bargainingJuly 8, 2011, 8:49 am7th July 2011 Office of the Ombudsman PO Box 10 -152 The Terrace Wellington Dear Sir/Madam On 6th May 2011 the TEU wrote to chief executives at five institutes of technology/polytechnics with whom we have been engaged in bargaining for a multi-employer collective agreement [Northtec Polytechnic, UNITEC, Bay of [...]
$500,000 increase in legal fees and consultantsJune 30, 2011, 11:33 amTertiary Update Vol 14 No 23 The five polytechnics that have, until last week, refused to negotiate site-based collective agreements with their staff members have also so far refused official information requests to disclose how much money they are spending on legal fees and consultants in their efforts to avoid negotiations. [...]
Judges tell polytechnics to get Ready2GoJune 23, 2011, 10:11 amTertiary Update Vol 14 No 22 The Court of Appeal ruled yesterday that five polytechnics must bargain site-based collective agreements with their staff members who are union members. The five polytechnics – NorthTec, Unitec, Wintec, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and Whitireia – had refused to bargain site-based agreements after union [...]
Court of Appeal tells polytechnics to start negotiatingJune 22, 2011, 12:14 pmMedia Release Tertiary Education Union 22 June 2011 The Court of Appeal ruled today that five polytechnics must bargain site-based collective agreements with their staff members who are union members. The five polytechnics – NorthTec, Unitec, Wintec, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and Whitireia – had refused to bargain site-based agreements [...]
WITT-less polytechnic gang face growing oppositionJune 16, 2011, 10:42 amTertiary Update Vol 14 No 21 A petition calling on the chief executives of Whitireia, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, NorthTec, Unitec and Wintec to start negotiating with their staff is drawing a steady stream of signatures since it was launched yesterday. Since being abandoned by the Western Institute of Technology [...]
Photos and video from Ready2Go launchMay 30, 2011, 11:10 amTEU members at Northtec, Unitec, Wintec, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and Whitireia NZ want a collective agreement. We’re ready to negotiate it on any day our employer chooses. photos Videos
Sign the Ready2Go petitionMay 27, 2011, 9:59 amSend an email petition to the chief executives of Northtec, Unitec, Wintec, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and Whitireia NZ telling them you want them to negotiate a site-based collective agreement with the union members on their site. TEU is ready – we have a team of professional, democratic, local people [...]





