Tertiary institutions are in a constant state of restructuring says TEU deputy secretary Nanette Cormack. Last week TEU’s national council heard that there are 59 reviews affecting 500 jobs currently underway across 17 different tertiary education institutions. “500 members are about 5 percent of our membership. When one in twenty [...]

The 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 [...]

Further earthquakes, this time in the midst of exams for many students and staff, have shaken Christchurch and its many tertiary institutions. The University of Canterbury was still working last night to assess the structural integrity of all its buildings and was in the process of rescheduling and relocating many [...]

Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 12 TEU members at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa are dismayed that their employer is offering them less annual leave than members of both the wānanga’s in-house union, TUIA, and kaimahi on individual agreements. Kaimahi at the wānanga are entitled to the legal minimum of four [...]

All TEU women members from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Te Tari Puna Ora/NZ Childcare Association, UCOL and  Massey University are warmly invited. TEU Office, on the Massey Turitea campus.Monday 13 December, from 4.15 onwardsDrinks and nibbles provided TEU national women’s officer will speak briefly on Pay and Employment Equity. TEU [...]

After two days and nights of negotiations the Prime Minister John Key has convinced senior officials at the Te Wānanga o Aotearoa not to move its business offshore. The deal follows protests and public outcry that wānanga education was special to New Zealand and created much-needed skilled employment opportunities for [...]

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Collective Employment Agreement Pānui Tauhokohoko #2 ~ 8 September 2010 E ngā māreikura me ngā whatukura o Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa, tēnā anō rā koutou katoa.  He hōnore he korōria, he maungaroa ki te whenua, he whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa.  Mihia ki ngā [...]

Tertiary Update Vol 13, No 32 Bentham Ohia, the pouhere at the Wānanga o Aoteaora, is advising staff to concentrate on ensuring that tauira are enrolled in the right programme, that they graduate, and, where possible, that they pathway onto a higher level programme. This advice follows news that the [...]

A large turnout of TEU members at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa have voted to ratify their new collective agreement and will now be entitled to an allowance when required to stay overnight delivering education programmes to tauira. Prior to the negotiations an employment court decision had found that workers at [...]