John Buchanan for Branch President and National Council
Professor, School of Strategy, Innovation and Technology, Business School
Current position
Professor, Business Information Systems, Business School
Co-Director of the University’s Mental Wealth Initiative.
Relevant experience
1975 – 1985
Activist, environment and student movements
1985 – 1991
Workplace delegate,
CPSU Vice Present (ACT Branch)
1992 - present
USyd researcher,
work transformation,
work-mental well-being
2021 – 2023
Bargaining team,
NTEU USyd Enterprise Agreement
2022 – 2026
NTEU Branch Committee
2024 – present
Convenor NTEU Business School Work Group Reps Committee
Change is coming. It is vital unions shape the impending upheaval at universities.
My four key priorities:
Increasing our pay to match the rising cost of living – and making up for post-Covid real wage cuts.
Controlling workloads and increasing job security through a better and more actively enforced enterprise agreement.
Making management accountable to staff, students and the community by helping NSW Parliament re-write the University of Sydney Act
Strengthening our union by boosting membership and workplace delegates.
If we don’t fight we lose
Strong unions are essential for a democratic, fair and vibrant society. Building strong unions in our workplaces is one of the most practical ways of building such a society.
The opportunities opening up in the next two years are greater than at any time in the last forty. Together we can make a difference.
For a good university we need a strong union, and a strong union needs engaged members.
Vote for NTEU Renewal.
For Secretary vote for Beccy Connell.