Concession-bargaining in Australian higher education: The case of the national jobs protection framework
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Labour and Industry
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Business and Law / Centre for Work + Wellbeing
RAS ID
39872
Abstract
Australian universities suffered significant financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) responded with a concession-bargaining strategy, offering university managements a National Jobs Protection Framework (NJPF), which traded pay reductions for job security measures. This article provides an account of the development, promotion, and eventual collapse of the NJPF. We analyse the arguments for and against the NJPF, drawing on contemporary material from its supporters and opponents, and insights from the literature on concession-bargaining. We conclude that concession-bargaining was an unsuccessful strategy for the union, and put forward an alternative industrial strategy.
DOI
10.1080/10301763.2021.2002239
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Comments
Vassiley, A., & Russell, F. (2021). Concession-bargaining in Australian higher education: The case of the national jobs protection framework. Labour and Industry, 31(4), 439-456. https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.2021.2002239