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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Michael Parris

University unions at war with each other over industrial dispute

University of Newcastle staff rallying in Civic Park on Thursday as part of a 24-hour strike. Picture by Simone De Peak

One of the two unions involved in University of Newcastle's messy enterprise bargaining dispute has criticised academics for going out on strike on Thursday and described a 13 per cent pay rise rejected by their colleagues as "nothing to sneeze at".

Community and Public Sector Union members voted in favour of an enterprise bargaining proposal from university management on May 19, but their National Tertiary Education Union colleagues rejected the offer.

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