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EB'99 Academic StaffCorrespondence |
Enterprise Agreement Negotiations |
| 16 September 1999 Mr Graham McCulloch General Secretary National Tertiary Education Industry Union 1st floor, 120 Clarendon Street SOUTH MELBOURNE VIC 3205 Dear Mr McCulloch Re: Enterprise Agreement Negotiations I refer to your letter of 10 September 1999 and to the accompanying documents. The advent of Enterprise Bargaining under the Workplace Relations Act, 1996 has not in any way altered an important element of the University's operational approach to Industrial Relations. As in the past, it remains willing to deal with any registered organisation concerning the particular industrial interests of employees of whom the organisation has constitutional coverage and who are members of the organisation. However, as in the past, the University will not deal with any registered organisation concerning the industrial interests of employees who are not eligible to be its members. This approach, of course, is subject to any obligations which may emerge under Part VID of the Act. You will recall that in my letter of 3 September last I indicated that while both the University's blue and white collar employees continue to have representation on a collective basis, the University is not in a position to extend the right of collective representation to the NTEU when, under the prevailing circumstances, it does not have the constitutional power to do so. Nothing in your letter of 10 September or in the documents which accompany that letter establish to the satisfaction of the University that the NTEU has the constitutional power to represent both blue and white collar employees of the University on a collective basis. In these circumstances, I can only reiterate that, at the present time, the University is not in a position to extend the right of collective representation of both its blue and white collar employees to the NTEU. Yours sincerely Brian Stoddart Pro Vice Chancellor (Research & External) |
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