Presenta(on  of  NTL  (Civil  Servants  Union)  for  TODOS  

Mariann  Solberg  post  doc  at  Result    

NTL UiT – characteristics

•  NTL is politically independent and organize employees in scientific, technical and administrative positions. NTL is an active association and has approximately 660 working members at UiT The Arctic University of Norway

•  At UiT: Members: 45% - administrative positions , 31% - technical positions, 24% - academic positions. Students, cleaners, professors, custodians, canteen personel, assistant professors, student advisers, librarians…

•  NTL is focusing especially on education and research. NTL stock reports on research conditions and employee rights, organizes conferences, participates in debates both locally and nationally to protect the interests of the employees.

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NTL UiT – characteristics

•  NTL is a socially committed union. We take a position on the development of society locally, nationally and internationally. For NTL UiT it is therefore appropriate to adopt statements at the annual meeting on both tariff policy, research policy as well as amnesty for long remaining asylum children.

Also: •  Protect the employees' rights during restructuring •  Working for a fair wage and fair personnel policy

•  Recent statement: http://frifagbevegelse.no/bloggen/akademikerne-undergraver-fellesskapet--det-er-ikke-greit-6.185.369892.ce70e748bf

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Membership benefits

•  Free legal help •  Affordable household insurance •  Travel insurance as an optional part of the membership •  Offers of various cultural events, an annual outing •  Offers of free courses

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Annual outing

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Temporality in the HE sector

•  Annual meetings between managers and union representatives to discuss the use of temporary appointments.

•  The number has been reduced, many temporary employees have in recent years received permanent positions.

•  UiT has gone from being the worst to being the best among universities in terms of temporality

•  Still far too many work in insecure and short-term contracts

•  NTL UiT has repeatedly advocated that employees working in research projects that do not have a clear end date, shall be appointed permanently. This applies to both academic positions and staff in support functions.

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Report by NTL on research and education policy, february 2016

•  Dealing with important features of the development in the sector: –  commercialization, elite commitment, goal and performance

management, unsafe employment conditions, internationalization https://www.ntl.no/nyheter?p_document_id=133809

Political statement: •  Equal right to education •  Free research which benefits the whole society •  R & D-based teaching •  Good and safe working conditions •  Internal democracy and participation in higher education sector •  Less market management •  National control, not subject to international trade agreements

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Where to find us:

Our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ntluit/?fref=ts Our home page: https://uit.no/ansatte/organisasjon/hjem?p_dimension_id=94151&p_menu=42374 Location on campus: Øvre lysthus, rom 1.06 http://bit.ly/1UWCSAg Leader: Torill Nustad,

office 77 64 48 64 / mobile 404 93 414 e-post: ntl@uit.no

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