Tag: Unions
‘Attack on freedom of speech’: USP staff call out Ahluwalia for...
RNZ Pacific
The University of the South Pacific staff associations are up in arms about the sacking of a union leader and academic by the...
USP staff vote in favour of strike action over ‘just and...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
A secret ballot by members of the Association of University of the South Pacific Staff (AUSPS) and USP Staff...
USP staff unhappy with VC, but he thanks them for ‘engagement’
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
University of the South Pacific staff who once stood by vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia are now up in arms about...
‘We’re not primitives’ says UPNG student protest over foreign minister’s ‘disrespect’
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
Students at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) marched to Parliament House in in the capital Port...
New Zealand doesn’t offer tenure to academics, but the AUT employment...
ANALYSIS: By Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury
Late last year, the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) initiated a process to eliminate 170 academic jobs to...
USP staff unions reject Fiji AG’s claims, ‘set record straight’
By Luke Rawalai in Suva
Both University of the South Pacific staff unions have attacked claims made in Parliament last week by Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum...
May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on...
COMMENT: By Matt McCarten
It’s time for progressive activists to step up. The working class needs you.
On May Day - International Workers Day - we...
Bryan Bruce: Labour Day … eroded by neoliberalism and selfishness
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce
Today is Labour Day in New Zealand - the public holiday set aside to celebrate the rights of workers and in...
USP staff slam Fiji’s freezing of F$28m grant as holding university...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Staff of the regional University of the South Pacific have condemned the Fiji government’s “dictatorial" action in freezing a $28 million...
Ruby Princess crew put in virus danger – not protected, says...
Pacific Media Centre
Fears are mounting over the safety of 1040 crew members - many of them from the Philippines - on board the Ruby...