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Deakin VC flags job losses for 300 staff as unis sidestep union deal
Deakin University’s vice-chancellor has flagged with staff that hundreds of positions will be slashed as the university maps out the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The staff at Uni’s has already been impacted. I have lost $50,000 from my super. With discussions on cutting back on the workforce will make things worse. We at Unis are already doing more work and don’t get paid for the additional work. The Staff are the Universities and without some of the staff, I cannot see that Unis can deliver the best to their students or staff.
Deakin claims to be letting go 300 staff, but that’s fixed-term and on-going. This doesn’t include the large number of casual staff that have disappeared without a trace.
I imaging the 300 also excludes all the fixed term contacts that will run their course and not be renewed, as the university has also stated that contact renewals will be considered on a ‘case-by-case’ basis.