Thousands of sackings at Australian universities
By Eric Ludlow
17 July 2020
The Group of Eight, comprising Australias elite public universities, has projected that 6,700 jobs will be lost at its member universities in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The forecasts indicate that sackings will include 4,400 contract staff and 2,300 permanents and academics.
The job cuts are part of a major assault on university staff and students, being enforced by governments and the trade unions. They are in line with the federal Liberal-National governments announcement of a further pro-business restructuring of tertiary education last month, and a broader corporate offensive against the entire working class.
Two Group of Eight universities, Monash U…
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