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University Strike Details Confirmed
Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union is now in a position to confirm details of strike action our members will undertake at all eight universities this week.
Last week, 87% of TEU members who participated
in strike ballots, across eighteen collective agreements,
voted to strike. As a result, the following actions will
take place on Thursday 6 October:
| University | Action | Duration | Times and venues of rallies (all this Thursday) |
| University of Auckland | Full stoppage | 1-5pm | Outside the Main Library at 1pm |
| Auckland University of Technology | Ban on entering or releasing student marks or course marks in to the AUT student management system | 8am on 6 October until 5pm on 21 October | Rally outside Piko Café, Main Campus, at 12pm |
| University of Waikato | Full stoppage | 1-5pm | Village Green at 1pm, followed by a march and picket outside Gate 1 |
| Massey University | Full Stoppage | 9:30-11:30am | Albany: Main Entrance
of The Atrium, at 9:30am Wellington: Main entrance, (the Glass Pyramid), at 9:30am followed by a march Manawatu: Concourse, at 9:30am, followed by a march and picket by the front gates |
| Victoria University of Wellington | Full stoppage | 12-4:30pm | The Hub, at 12pm |
| Canterbury University | Full stoppage | 1-3pm | Soup kitchen at Bookshop 101, at 1pm, followed by a rally on the library steps |
| Lincoln University | Full stoppage | 10-11am | The Rec Centre, 10am |
| University of Otago | Full stoppage | 2-4pm | Main Common Room, Student Union, Main Campus, 2pm |
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For more information on the TEU’s campaign for a real pay rise in the university sector, see:
University staff to strike nationwide
TEU seeks tripartite talks – again
University staff to vote on strike action
University bargaining underway
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