Union push for better deal as university staff 'feel the squeeze'

National Tertiary Education Union Newcastle vice president associate professor Terry Summers. Picture by Max Mason-Hubers.

WHILE prospective students got their first taste of university life, behind closed doors staff at the University of Newcastle are reportedly feeling the squeeze.

The union claims staff are more fatigued and overworked than ever, offered a less than two per cent pay increase it calls "bordering on irresponsible".