#joinyourunionnow — Public Fediverse posts

This is what I miss the most, strong #Unionism without criminality and corruption (aka with constitutional and legal oversight).

“Breaking people into identity groups and having them fight each other has always played into the hands of the powerful because it undermines the more material bonds of class that unite us. When trade unions were stronger, they could provide a counterpoint by driving solidarity across race and gender from the shop floor up, championing material benefits such as equal pay, universal healthcare and super. As those networks have weakened, so has that consensus.” (Peter Lewis in The Guardan
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/feb/25/pauline-hanson-one-nation-popularity-lesson-for-progressives-ntwnfb )

#JoinYourUnionNow #Unionism #AusPol #PHON #UnitedWeStand #DividedWeFall #EatTheRich #Antifa

Here is a headline (a report title to be precise) which would cause no surprise in the private sector. This sort of thing goes on all the times in our capitalist markets. But to have it label a report on the financial books of a not-for-profit PUBLIC institution is the epitome of #Corruption #Ineptitude #Mismanagement and #Buffoonery

Cooking the books at the
Australian National University
An analysis of the ANU accounts

Read more:

https://australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/P1906-Cooking-the-books-at-ANU-Web.pdf

#ANU #BishopMustGo #ANUCouncil #NeoLiberalism #InUnity #JoinYourUnionNow #JasonClareMP @JasonClareMP

Is there anything else required to convince everyone that the issue and the problems with ANU’s alleged financial troubles is anything but financial trouble?

Squarely, this misapprehension is a direct result of #Mismanagement and #AccrualAccounting neither of which ought to be experienced by an education institution.

Time for the #Education #Minister Jason Clare to dismiss the council outright and implement the recommended fixes that were commended to him Including scrapping the #JobReadyGraduate #Morrison crap!

“If we believe the auditor, there is no crisis at the ANU. To be clear, as a government owned, not-for-profit entity, the ANU is under no pressure to maximise its profits so that it can maximise dividends paid to shareholders. On the contrary, when the ANU made a surplus of $89.9 million in 2024 it did so by spending less money on its students, staff and community than it received.” (Source: The Australian Institute)

#ANU #NeoLiberalism #Managerialism #BishopMustGo #ANUCouncil #AusPol #JasonClareMP #InUnity #JoinYourUnionNow

Read more:

https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-anus-hidden-90m-budget-surplus/

“Australian musicians are among the team putting pressure on ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop and the ANU Council to abandon their plans to dismantle the School of Music. The team have called on Bishop to halt job cuts, continue its performance and composition majors, and maintain one-on-one music tuition in an open letter.

The open letter was written by the newly formed School of Music Advocacy Roundtable and signed by over 40 high-profile supporters.”

This is a bit of ‘Johnny-come-lately’, esp after the CSO had already made its position very clear on any thought of closing the #ANU #SchoolOfMusic by #JulieBishop ‘s Council Fiefdom. But any additional pressure is most welcomed. Keep it up guys, let’s pile it on.

#Music #Musicians #Conservatorium #TertiaryEducation #AusPol #JasonClareMP #InUnity #JoinYourUnionNow

Read more:

https://themusic.com.au/industry/jimmy-barnes-dave-faulkner-genesis-owusu-more-rally-to-save-the-anu-school-of-music/c-PJZ2ZpaGs/17-09-25

TIL: the ANU is awash with #CASH:
“But here is the paradox: while education and staffing were cut, ANU’s financial wealth kept growing. By 2023, the university held over $2B in financial assets and recorded $3.4B in total net assets. It continued to run cash surpluses despite reporting accrual accounting deficits”

AND that the financial crisis making the news and resulting in over 450 staff losses and plans to close some faculties are a direct result of the application of accrual accounting. This is an accounting practice that is necessary to run a business responsible to shareholders — but CANNOT be applied to education institutions which have a different raison d’etre and report to society (via parliaments).

#Managerialism and #NeoClassicEconomics responsible for the #FailedGovernance of ANU is made worse by the #Council’s use of ANU funds in speculative and #RealEstate investments partly funded by borrowings (Debt). These #NeoLiberal Council forays in #Productivism and #Capitalism are NOT core business to Universities. Not only is this the Absolutely Wrong Governance model to run a Uni, but it is currently grossly #Mismanaged and noone is taking responsibility for this, least of all #JulieBishop the #Chancellor of ANU.

Take a break and read the article, it is well written and explains much of what is going on. Furthermore, it provides the reasons why #Bishop should go and a sorely needed change to #Governance processes and responsibilities. If #JasonClaiMP can’t see this he’s a #FailedMinister

Read more:

https://michaelwest.com.au/uni-finances-anu-and-the-commercialisation-of-higher-ed/

#AccrualAccounting #TertiaryEducation #ANU #JulieBishop #Auspol #EducationMinister #SaveOurUniversities #GovernanceReformsNow #InUnity #JoinYourUnionNow #SaveOurUniversities #SackUniCouncils #CollegiateGovernance

@abcfeeds
IF a business cannot operate with WFH employees, it means one of two things:
1) The work requires a human presence on the business’ premisses (in which case #Victoria #WFH legislation would not apply), or
2) The owner/manager of the business fears losing control of his employees.

Either way, moving your business interstate to avoid the WFH legislation clearly demonstrates the owner/manager’s lack of capability to run a successful business. The State of Victoria is better off without those mediocre business owners and they would be doing workers in Victoria a favour if the moved out.

#InUnity #JoinYourUnionNow #WorkersRights