For What We're Worth - TEU bargaining at UoA
Bargaining updates and union news from The University of Auckland's Tertiary Education Union Branch. Content is provided by members of UoA's TEU Branch and does not seek to speak for the TEU. Header photo by Aaron Birch on Unsplash
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Labour Day Strike Special
10/25/2024
Labour Day Strike Special
For the eighth episode of ‘For What We’re Worth’ we have a special episode recorded at Friday the 18th of October's strike. Huge thanks to everyone who took part in the strike and rally! In this episode we interviewed attendees to hear their reasons for striking. As our update we have clips of the speeches from our organiser Nicole Wallace, Labour MP Deborah Russell, and Green Party MP Lawrence Xu Nan. Contact our organiser Nicole at nicole.wallace@teu.ac.nz or any member of our branch Are you a member who makes less than the 2024 living wage of $27.80 an hour and would like to talk to us about what making the Living Wage would mean for you? Get in touch with us via Not yet a member? Credits: All of our members and supporters at the rally - Interviewees Speeches – Nicole Wallace – Organiser Lawrence Xu Nan - Green Party MP Deborah Russell - Deborah Russell UoA TEU podcast Team: Callie V – Interviews and Intro Tim Signal - Interviews and Editing James Love – Interviews Leon Salter Rosaria Price Oreen Almeida Andy Fey Intro Music by Artem Hramushkin from Pixabay Outro Music by raspberrymusic from Pixabay
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Economics of Bargaining in Tertiary Education
10/01/2024
Economics of Bargaining in Tertiary Education
This is the seventh episode of ‘For What We’re Worth’. In this instalment Nicole Wallace provides an update on the three bargaining sessions for Medical Academics, Security and Gardeners, and Academics on the 23rd and 24th of September then Leon Salter talks to Brent Burmester, the new co-President, (academic) of the TEU Branch at UoA on the economics of bargaining within a tertiary education environment. Contact our organizer Nicole at or any member of our branch Are you a member who makes less than the 2024 living wage of $27.80 an hour and would like to talk to us about what making the Living Wage would mean for you? Get in touch with us via Not yet a member? Credits: Bargaining Update – Nicole Wallace – Organiser Interview – Brent Burmester, co-President, (academic) of the TEU Branch at UoA UoA TEU podcast Team: Leon Salter - Interview James Love – Intro and editing Callie V – editing Rosaria Price Oreen Almeida Andy Fey Intro Music by Artem Hramushkin from Pixabay Outro Music by raspberrymusic from Pixabay
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Precarity and Collective Action
09/16/2024
Precarity and Collective Action
This is the sixth episode of ‘For What We’re Worth’. In this episode we do not have an update on bargaining, and instead have two interviews. In the first interview, James Love talks to Juno Barnett-Collins on precarity, precarious workers and how the current round of bargaining claims addresses people who find themselves in these situations. Then Callie V. then chats with Sandra Grey, the TEU National Secretary on collective action. Are you a member who makes less than the 2024 living wage of $27.80 an hour and would like to talk to us about what making the Living Wage would mean for you? Get in touch with us via Not yet a member? If you have any other questions regarding the podcast submit them using If you want to get in touch with the bargaining team or Auckland TEU branch: Credits: Interviews: Juno Barnett-Collins, a fixed term employee at UoA Sandra Grey, TEU National Secretary UoA TEU podcast Team: James Love - Interview Callie V.– Interview and Editing Rosaria Price - Intro Leon Salter Oreen Almeida Andy Fey Intro Music by Artem Hramushkin from Pixabay Outro Music by raspberrymusic from Pixabay
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Industrial Operations and Strategy
09/03/2024
Industrial Operations and Strategy
In the fifth episode of ‘For What We’re Worth’, Nicole Wallace provides an update on meetings held on the 22 & 27, August, and 02 September 2024. These meetings encompassed the employer’s offer on buying and selling leave, technical issues and a claim to set-up a working group to address technical staff pay. Leon Salter talks to Daniel Benson-Guiu, TEU, Assistant National Secretary – Industrial, on industrial operations and strategy at the TEU as it relates to tertiary institutions. Are you a member who makes less than the 2024 living wage of $27.80 an hour and would like to talk to us about what making the Living Wage would mean for you? Get in touch with us via Not yet a member? If you have any other questions regarding the podcast submit them using the If you want to get in touch with the bargaining team or Auckland TEU branch: click Credits: Bargaining Update – Nicole Wallace – Organiser Interview – Daniel Benson-Guiu, TEU, Assistant National Secretary – Industrial UoA TEU podcast Team: Leon Salter - Interview and Editing Callie V - Intro and Editing Support Rosaria Price James Love - Editing Support Oreen Almeida Andy Fey Intro Music by Artem Hramushkin from Pixabay Outro Music by raspberrymusic from Pixabay
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Performance Pay
08/18/2024
Performance Pay
In the fourth episode of For What We’re Worth, Nicole Wallace updates us on bargaining meetings from the 14th of August and the employer’s pay offer. Then, James Love talks to Noel Zeng, University of Auckland Branch Co-President and member of bargaining committee on performance-based pay, TUPU and step increases. Are you a member who makes less than the 2024 living wage of $27.80 an hour and wants to talk to us about what making the Living Wage would mean for you? Get in touch with us via Not yet a member? If you have any other questions regarding the podcast submit them using If you want to get in touch with the bargaining team or Auckland TEU branch: Credits: Bargaining Update – Nicole Wallace - Organiser Interview – Noel Zeng, University of Auckland Branch Co-President UOA TEU podcast Team: James Love - Interview and Editing Rosaria Price - Intro Callie V Oreen Almeida Leon Salter Andy Fey Intro Music by Artem Hramushkin from Pixabay Outro Music by raspberrymusic from Pixabay
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The History of Unionism
08/05/2024
The History of Unionism
In the third episode of For What We’re Worth, we have an update from Andy Hipkiss and Nicole Wallace on the bargaining meetings in Late July. These sessions covered Academics and Medical academics, along with living wage and performance pay (tupu). Then, Oreen Almeida speaks with Paul Taillon, Senior Lecturer in History at UoA and former Auckland branch president for the TEU. Paul is a union historian and talks about the birth of unionism and its journey over the last one hundred and fifty years to the modern bargaining processes of today both in Aotearoa and overseas. Are you a member who makes less than the 2024 living wage of $27.80 an hour and wants to talk to us about what making the Living Wage would mean for you? Get in touch with us via this Not yet a member? If you have any other questions regarding the podcast submit them If you want to get in touch with the bargaining team or Auckland TEU branch: Credits: Bargaining Update – Andy Hipkiss and Nicole Wallace - Organisers Interview – Dr Paul Taillon – Senior Lecturer in History, UoA UOA TEU podcast Team: Oreen Almeida - Interview and Editing Leon Salter - Intro Callie V – Editing supportJames Love - Editing supportRosaria Price Andy Fey Intro Music by Artem Hramushkin from Pixabay Outro Music by raspberrymusic from Pixabay
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The Value of a Collective Contract
07/21/2024
The Value of a Collective Contract
This week For What We’re Worth receives an update from Nicole Wallace on the 9th of July’s Security and Gardener’s bargaining session. Then Callie V speaks with Jane Kostanich, a lifelong organizer who has negotiated collective agreements In Universities, Wānanga, Polytech and private training establishments about what bargaining looks like from a factual and procedural perspective. Are you a member who makes less than the 2024 living wage of $27.80 an hour and wants to talk to us about what making the Living Wage would mean for you? Get in touch with us via this Not yet a member? If you have any other questions regarding the podcast submit them If you want to get in touch with the bargaining team or Auckland TEU branch: Credits: Bargaining Update - Nicole Wallace - Organizer Interview - Jane Kostanich - TEU organizer since 2007 UOA TEU podcast Team: Callie V. - Interview and Editing James Love - Intro Rosaria Price Oreen Almeida Leon Salter Andy Fey Intro Music by Artem Hramushkin from Pixabay Outro Music by raspberrymusic from Pixabay
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The Life Cycle Of Bargaining
07/07/2024
The Life Cycle Of Bargaining
In the first episode of What We’re Worth, a podcast documenting the University Of Auckland TEU branch’s bargaining process for a new Collective Agreement, we get an update from Andy Hipkiss, from the first set of bargaining meetings that began on July 4th 2024. Then James Love speaks with Sean Sturm, a TEU member who has been on the bargaining team since 2011 about the life cycle of bargaining: how bargaining works, how the team is composed, and what to expect from the bargaining process this year. Are you a member who makes less than the 2024 living wage of $27.80 an hour and want to talk to us about what making the Living Wage would mean for you? Get in touch with us via this form: Not yet a member? If you have any other questions regarding the podcast submit them using the form ( ) If you want to get in touch with the bargaining team or Auckland TEU branch: Credits: Bargaining Update - Andy Hipkiss - Organizer Interview - Sean Sturm - Bargaining Team representative (Academic Staff) UOA TEU podcast Team: Rosaria Price - Intro James Love - Interview and Editing Callie V. Oreen Almeida Leon Salter Andy Fey Intro Music by Artem Hramushkin from Outro Music by raspberrymusic from
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