Griffith University union members will hold a stop work rally today (Monday) at 1pm.
They include some workers at the Meadowbrook campus.
Union bosses say Griffith management is walking away from negotiations with staff representatives, opting to proceed with a non-union ballot on proposed Enterprise Agreements.
The rally will take place at the Nathan campus.
“The agreements offered by Griffith Management do little to reduce workloads or tackle the problem of excessive casualisation of the workforce, and underpayments of casual workers,” a union statement said.
The seven-day access period in which staff can inspect the proposed agreements started on December 1. Griffith has given staff just two business days of voting – Friday December 9 and Monday December 12.”
NTEU Griffith acting branch president Adam Stodden said: “The pay offer currently from management still looks like it will leave staff at Griffith with a real wage cut.
“Management is offering $1000 to every worker if the Agreement is voted up, but workers I have spoken to see it for what it is: a sugar hit and a bribe.
“But it doesn’t matter what the pay rise is if workloads keep going up, and staff continue to suffer from unsafe workloads.
“We just want them to come back to the table and negotiate a fair deal with the Union.”
