Australia's academic union has launched a 'week of action', as staff rebuff the latest university attempt to bargain directly with employees. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) says members across the country will participate in industrial action ranging from full-day strikes to May Day rallies and a 'solidarity barbecue'. The campaign will peak on 3 May when staff from all Victorian universities converge on Trades Hall in Melbourne. They include workers from Australia's largest educator of domestic university students, Deakin, where 62 per cent of voting staff last week rejected an enterprise agreement proposed by management.

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