Labor spokesman for Innovation, Science and Tertiary Education, Clayton Barr MP, has sponsored a public petition calling on the NSW Parliament to protect jobs in our public universities.
Click HERE to sign Clayton’s petition.
The performance of NSW universities has been one of the great success stories of the last two decades. They now employ around 35,000 (FTE) staff and contribute substantially to the state’s economic life.
Despite this the Commonwealth Government has refused to include public universities in its JobKeeper program, forcing many to drastically downsize their operations and shed jobs.
NSW universities will be central to the post-pandemic recovery, in terms of innovation, as an export industry, and for the direct contribution they make to our national economy. It is critical our public universities retain their capacity to succeed in a highly competitive international marketplace, now and into the future.
The petition needs 20,000 signatures to trigger a parliamentary debate and we urge all members to support it.
CPSU NSW – The Professional Staff Union
Join today HERE.
