Members of the National Tertiary Education Union at Newcastle University say they will consider taking further industrial action following yesterday's day-long stoppage.
Bearing purple banners, about 150 employees staked out the NeW Space building on Hunter Street yesterday morning ahead of another enterprise bargaining meeting with uni management today.
Union member Lee says they won't rest until they secure better job security.
"Two out of three jobs at the University of Newcastle are either casual or on rolling contracts - it's an absolute shame," Lee said.
"Most of these workers have worked for years and years in these conditions," he continued, "and these workers are asking for secure work, secure jobs, fair and equal pay increases."
The comments came during a heated exchange between Union members criticising the NSW Government and Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter, Scot MacDonald.
"The Libs will lose, we'll change the rules," Lee said, "we've been across the road with the NTEU..."
"That would be the building that the state government helped build," Scot MacDonald said, "$20 million."
The Union members had crashed a media conference held on Hunter Street with the Lower Hunter's five mayors and state government officials.
The University has proposed a series of 1.9% salary increases which the Union has so far rejected.
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