NTEU - First complaint - October 2020

On 28 October 2020, I made a complaint to the National Tertiary Education Union for having received no communication, or even an introduction, when I became a member, in late May 2020. 

To quote from my email:

“I finally have to complain. I joined the union in June [NOTE: late May] this year and to date, no one has explained what the union does and how the process works. I've been relentlessly bullied and harassed in serious adverse action taken by [the PCBU], when I finally had no choice but to explicitly ask for support to resolve an individual bullying and harassment issue. I used another email account yesterday because I'm almost certain even my personal email has been intercepted.

…If people don't tell me how the process of an organisation works (in this case, the union), I don't know. All I know is it's been 6 weeks and the NTEU haven't given me any advice regarding a legitimate and transparent investigation into my initial bullying complaint. I've used all my leave entitlements in my attempts to reason with HR (personal, annual and long service). I'm emotionally and financially exhausted.

This is urgent and important… My career is hanging by a thread. I'm trying to save my job to save my life. This has been going on since 2 July 2019, and it was the one time I had no choice but to ask for support in almost 20 years of service. The union won't assist me … I've had enough.”

Ultimately, there was also an alliance to protect the offenders and harm me within the National Tertiary Education Union.

I was cognitively overwhelmed and confused by the deliberate cruel game between industrial relations and workers compensation regulations and laws. The national manager of employment relations and SAFETY took advantage of this loophole and lack of cohesion, and so did the NTEU, to deceive and disadvantage me. 

The branch organiser’s response was that the initial bullying, harassment and discrimination complaint was a pre-existing issue, to becoming a union member.

Here’s my response to that excuse, for everyone to read: but the workers compensation claim was NOT A PRE-EXISTING ISSUE, before membership, nor the stalking and harassment that occurred by WHS duty holders, instead of devising a return to work plan, aligned to the injury management plan and communicating with my NTD.

The union withheld information and deceived me. I suspect the union was coerced by the national manager of employment relations and SAFETY, to also engage in mobbing and fraud against me. The fact the union chose to avoid answering my questions I sent in early 2021 (and more), supports my suspicions. 

But where do we go to report misconduct within unions?

See also http://mystory-myvoice.blogspot.com/2025/07/prohibited-workplace-surveillance.html

This post is based on document 114.