In the first episode of What We’re Worth, a podcast documenting the University Of Auckland TEU branch’s bargaining process for a new Collective Agreement, we get an update from Andy Hipkiss, from the first set of bargaining meetings that began on July 4th 2024. Then James Love speaks with Sean Sturm, a TEU member who has been on the bargaining team since 2011 about the life cycle of bargaining: how bargaining works, how the team is composed, and what to expect from the bargaining process this year.

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Credits:

Bargaining Update - Andy Hipkiss - Organizer

Interview - Sean Sturm - Bargaining Team representative (Academic Staff)

UOA TEU podcast Team:

Rosaria Price - Intro

James Love - Interview and Editing

Callie Vandewiele

Oreen Almeida

Leon Salter

Andy Fey

Intro Music by Artem Hramushkin from Pixabay

Outro Music by raspberrymusic from Pixabay