Friends of Victoria University forms, calls on VU Vice-Chancellor to step down
7 November
A packed community hall in Footscray last night unanimously called on the Victoria University Vice-Chancellor Elizabeth Harman to immediately stop its massive job cuts and campus closures, and to resign.
“Victoria University staff and students are buoyed by the enormous support from community members,” [...]
Staff and students protest University Council meeting
A group of fifty staff and students from Victoria University held a protest on Monday 8 December at hte VU city-campus, opposing the mass redundancies and course closures.
Staff dressed in academic gowns held placcards calling for job security and target signs with the words “Stop Harman Our University”.
At the [...]
Staff vote for full-day strike on Monday 15 December
At the stop-work meeting on Monday 8 December, over 250 union members voted unanimously to hold a full-day strike on Monday 15 December.
Staff have been negotiating for a new union collective agreement at Victoria University for months. They have been stone-walled and unduly delayed by the University [...]
