The Labor government has reopened the detention camp on the tiny remote island of Nauru and also begun deporting the detainees to the countries they fled.
The Communications Workers Union, which covers only some of the affected workers, but has substantial membership in other parts of Telstra, is working to ensure there is no organised opposition to the latest round of job cuts.
Australian unions oppose installation of chancellor at Newcastle University but support pro-business restructure
Over the past month, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and the University of Newcastle Students’ Association (UNSA) have waged a cynical and diversionary campaign opposing the announcement that former National Party politician Mark Vaile was to become the new chancellor of the university in regional New South Wales.
The NTEU, the main academic union, and UNSA hailed management s recent withdrawal of the plans to install Vaile as a “victory” for University of Newcastle (UoN) students and staff. During their campaign, both had pointed to Vaile’s record as deputy prime minister in the Howard Liberal-National Coalition government, which carried out significant attacks on tertiary education, and his subsequent career on the boards of several coal mining companies.