It's been a week since University of Wollongong management agreed to sit down and talk to union representatives of their academic and professional staff.
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The good news is those conversations looking at UOW's financial position and strategies to ensure the university remains a financially sustainable organisation, are still going.
Representatives from the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU NSW) and University management had discussions on Monday and Tuesday of this week.
A UOW spokesman confirmed they intend to meet again later this week for further consultations.
"Further updates will be provided following those discussions," he said.
Georgine Clarsen, the UOW branch president of the NTEU, said the meetings had so far proven productive.
"We continue to discuss the options for achieving our shared aims of both preserving the financial viability and educational standing of the University of Wollongong and also guaranteeing the job security of staff," Ms Clarsen said.
"The NTEU remains fully committed to productive and good faith negotiations with management and trust that we will be able to arrive at a good outcome before too long."
UOW is asking staff to back a pay cut that would reduce job losses, despite a survey showing 62 per cent of staff voted against changes to their work conditions.
Following the survey Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings told staff accepting the first option could "save 200 jobs".
Given that Option 1 came with a likely 150 job losses, this shows the university was considering axeing up to 350 jobs if no pay cut was approved.
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