UNSW Casuals Network

UNSW Casuals Network is a grassroots group of casualised, fixed-term, precarious, and unemployed workers at UNSW, fighting against exploitation and wage theft.

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

Today the UNSW Casuals Network has released a new report, showing a sharp rise in class sizes across the university. We found that between T2 2019 and T2 2020, tutorial sizes increased by an average of 13.8%
https://t.co/2RMl6cDGaE

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

Our regular meeting next Monday has a special guest - @a_kanjere from the @ANewNTEU campaign. Hear about her vision for the union and organising casuals. We'll also discuss enterprise bargaining and our plans for upcoming campaigns. Message for link and the full agenda.

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

UNSW Casuals Network has just released an open letter in response to the conversion emails sent to casual workers - calling on casuals and supporters to sign and share!

https://t.co/MvtbrUpsgD

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

farewell and good riddance, wage thief

[UNSW @UNSW]

President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Jacobs, has announced that he will step down after seven years in the role.

In a difficult and emotional decision, Professor Jacobs is resigning so he and his wife Chris can support their parents in the UK.

https://t.co/R3Cr6SthNx

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

Forum next week ~ please join us!

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

Forum tomorrow 7:30pm run by the Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN) - talking about fighting back against the cuts in universities. https://t.co/WKIjvCx7Kg

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

Students at UNSW are wondering why there are police on their campus instigating violence and assaulting students? Speakout on Wednesday 1pm https://t.co/yTiboNN2Qo

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

we love our @CasualsUsyd comrades!

[USyd Casuals Network @CasualsUsyd]

USyd Casuals Network comrades are out today at the @NTEUNational rally (which @nswpolice failed to prohibit) asserting our right to protest against education cuts and fee rises.

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

students have been unstoppable in fighting back against job cuts and fee hikes! join the protest at UNSW tomorrow at 11am, for the Student National Day of Action: https://t.co/YEHQIMLFck

[UTSEducationActivistNetwork @UTS_EAN]

We’re holding an open members forum next week where you’ll have a chance to speak, organise and fight. Come along, share what’s happening in your area & let’s push back against these attack together! #highered #stopthecuts

https://t.co/mv8NxhdIJT

[Anthea Vogl @antheavogl]

This is tomorrow: UTS forum on the decimation of (what was left of) public education & jobs across the university. @UNSWcasuals representatives will share organising strategies and members will have a chance to share what's happening in their areas.

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

Today at 4:30pm -- Forum on the UNSW cuts, mergers, and the broader fee hikes. Some great speakers including Kynan Tan from the UNSW Casuals Network. Talking about building towards more actions to fight for the rights of students and staff! https://t.co/CGQeX0lmxI

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

Our report on class sizes featured on the front page of today's Sydney Morning Herald! If you missed it yesterday, you can read the report here: https://t.co/CL2idn06gH

[Emilia Djonov @Emi756]

@georgiacarrsyd @UNSWcasuals The cap on our online classes is 40! But if there are just a few students over, then no new tutorials are created, and one of mine started with 45 students. The cap on on-campus tutorials varies from 25 to 30. I believe when I was an UG, in the late 90s, the cap was 20.

[Georgia Carr @georgiacarrsyd]

With every change at universities I ask myself “have the students noticed?” When students are only around for a few years, it’s easier to get away with sweeping cuts and mass casualisation - but class size is pretty hard to ignore. Awesome work @UNSWcasuals

[Yaegan Doran @YaeganDoran]

This is quite an extraordinary (and damning) report. One class at UNSW saw an average tut enrolment increase of 614.5% from 27.5 to 169...
This class size increase is occurring across unis. A class I taught last year at Sydney Uni for example has had a 260% class size increase

[Phillip Wadds @phillipwadds]

Great work again by @UNSWcasuals! We need to resist this ongoing creep in class sizes. Accepting it as the new norm will not only lock out our casual colleagues from much of their regular work, but it will entrench our inflated workloads and diminish student experience.

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

@CUPUWorkers @CasualsMonash @CasualsUsyd @LTUcasuals @CasualHigher @CovidSupportUoM @NHEANetwork @NTEUNSW [reposted as link above was broken!]

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

Today the UNSW Casuals Network has released a new report, showing a sharp rise in class sizes across the university. We found that between T2 2019 and T2 2020, tutorial sizes increased by an average of 13.8%
https://t.co/2RMl6cDGaE

[UNSW Casuals Network @UNSWcasuals]

For media inquiries, or to join the Network in fighting back against wage theft and job insecurity, get in touch at [email protected] !