On Thursday staff at the University of Technology Sydney will be taking industrial action. This will see staff walk of the job, with lectures and tutorials cancelled due to an impasse in negotiations over a new enterprise agreement with the university and concerns about course cuts and job security.
Elena Garcia Araujo asked the NTEU’s UTS branch representative Paddy Gibson the reasons they have decided to strike on Thursday.
Image: Asset id: 2331480595 Multiethnic Youth Protesting for Decent Work and Life
Produced By: Elena Garcia Araujo
Featured In Story: Associate Professor Padraic Gibson, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research
First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 18 March 2026