On the 25th February 2010 the Registrar (Labour Relations) signed the NTEU into existence issuing a registration certificate (LR2 / 6 / 2 / 1769).

Contact Information

Telephone

(041) 365 1486

FAX

(041) 365 1487

Postal address

P.O. Box 7147, Newton Park, 6055 Port Elizabeth : : 41A King Edward Street, Newton Park, 6055 Port Elizabeth

Electronic mail

General Information: office@nteu.org.za
WEB:
Webmaster: webmaster@nteu.org.za

PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE FOR REGISTRATION

It is with pleasure that we announce that the Department of Labour has approved the amalgamation of NUTESA and NTESU to form the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU).  It is with mixed feelings that we lose our former union identities, but we stand to gain so much from the amalgamation.

The main advantage arising from the amalgamation is that it makes the union larger and we now have branches at the universities of technology and the traditional universities.

It is important to note that the Labour Relations Act makes provision for trade unions to amalgamate and the new trade union retains all previous collective agreements with the employer at the various branches. Subscription fees continue to be deducted without new forms being filled in etc. Life goes on as usual – it really amounts to a name change for the average member.

Let’s all get behind the new union and make it go from strength to strength.

The National Tertiary Education Union

is a non-profit trade union registered by the Registrar (Labour Relations) on ..... serving the needs of the academic and general staff workers in universities and related institutions in the tertiary sector.  The NTEU's registration number at the Department of Labour is LR.............

As we develop the content of this site we ask you to bear with the issues involved in this process.  Many of the documents you will come to see on this site rely on the input of the membership and we would like your comments on what the content of some policy and other general documents should be.

If you are just browsing around amongst the labour related sites then we hope that you will find something interesting in these pages and the other ancillary documents placed here for information and interest.

Whichever you are, a prospective, or current, member, you will, over time, find that the policies of the Union change and are updated so review the section on Policy at least once a year for drafts of policy.  Position papers published by the Union appear in the Position section : these will tend to be more dynamic as Government and employers stretch the envelope of change in the industry and changing relationships between parties.

The News page should give an idea of what is happening around the campuses, although the information will rely heavily on you as individual members to feed news and issues to the National Administrative Office or the webmaster.

You will find response and submission forms in various sections of this site, we hope that you will avail yourself of these facilities to keep the National Executive Committee and the general membership of NTESU informed about your interests, opinions and issues.

The following appears in the Preamble Statement to the Union's Constitution

To these ends is established an organisation representing employees in tertiary education and related institutions in South Africa:

To protect and advance the rights, opinions, needs and interests of the membership of the National Tertiary Education Staff Union and by extension the interests of Tertiary Education in South Africa and its communities.

To eliminate differences in benefit, entitlement and process and provide general protection for employees in the sector.

To engender the principles of co-determination between employer and employee and foster an environment that ensures current, or higher, standards of excellence in the work, teaching and research of tertiary education institutions.

To meet and respond to any perceived need to resolve contemporary problems facing society and foster teaching and research in the fulfillment of justice, peace, equality and social harmony and development.