Every year TEU teams negotiate better pay and conditions for 10,000 people working in tertiary education.

What are we fighting for?

• Conditions and pay that reflect the energy staff put into tertiary education
• Secure work with fair rewards, gender equity, and a living wage for all
• A voice in decisions that affect our working lives and learning conditions of our students

What’s on our side in negotiations?

• Collective strength;
• Committed members;
• A national industrial strategy; and,
• A team of trained union organisers

Our industrial work is:

• guided by our union goals and values (TEU’s rules and Te Koeke Tiriti);
• reflective of Te Kaupapa Whaioranga – the blueprint for employment relations; and,
• flexible and responsive to changing environments (without abandoning our principles and values).