Trade Union entry National Tertiary Education Industry Union (1993 - )

Summary

The National Tertiary Education Industry Union [NTEU] was formed in 1993 by the amalgamation of five tertiary education unions: the Federated Australian University Staff Association [FAUSA], which represented mainly academic staff in the traditional university sector; the Union of Australian College Academics [UACA], which represented mainly academic staff in the Colleges of Advanced Education, following that membership base into the university sector as institutions amalgamated or changed their status; the Australian Colleges and Universities Staff Association [ACUSA], which represented general staff in higher education, TAFE, Adult Education and student unions, mainly in Victoria; the University of Adelaide General Staff Association [UAGSA], which represented general staff at the University of Adelaide; and the Australian National University Administrative and Allied Officers' Association [ANUAAOA] which represented middle-level and senior administrative staff at the ANU.

These organisations all saw benefits in forming a single, stronger union for the whole tertiary education industry. The NTEU provided a united voice for tertiary education workers, without the old, arbitrary divisions between different parts of the industry or different categories of workers. The amalgamation was endorsed by an overwhelming majority of members of each of the five unions.

Related entries

Timeline

 1968 - 1987? Federated Council of Academics
 1986 - 1988 Australian Association of University Staff
       1972 - 1993 Australian National University Administrative & Allied Officers Association
       1987 - 1993 Union of Australian College Academics
       1988 - 1993 Federated Australian University Staff Association
             1993 - National Tertiary Education Industry Union

Archival resources

Charles Sturt University Regional Archives

• National Tertiary Education Union, Wagga Wagga Branch - Subject and Correspondence files, 1977 - 1995, RW1736; Charles Sturt University Regional Archives. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Interview with Meredith Burgmann, political activist and President, N.S.W. Legislative Council - interviewer, Ann Turner, 2001, ORAL TRC 4656; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• National Tertiary Education Union, La Trobe University Branch - Records, 1965 - 1985, 1996.0017; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Chart 10: Trade Unions - Education', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/031.html. Details