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A plan for settlement
Settlement of the staffing dispute will require a statewide staffing system including genuine service transfers.
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The Premier must act
Potential terms of settlement for the staffing dispute have been made abundantly clear.
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Industrial action on staffing to continue
Federation members around the state have followed up the strongly supported statewide strikes on April 8 and May 22 with locally-organised stopwork protest action in the staffing campaign.
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Action to defend professional standards in TAFE
City and Broken Hill TAFE teachers have stopped work over the downgrading of teacher education qualifications.
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Keen interest in salaries and inflation movements
Federation is keeping a watchful eye on pay settlements in other professions.
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May 2008

The President Writes

The Government's staffing procedures untested, unsound and unsupported
For the future of public education in every NSW community President MAREE O'HALLORAN urges your participation on May 22.

Industrial action

Staffing strike May 22
Members at Sky Channel meetings voted overwhelmingly in favour of a 24-hour strike on May 22.

Campaigns

Fairness, equity, stability and security at stake
DET has adopted a grossly irresponsible approach on staffing policy.

Your rights at work

Wide audience for work website
A new website has been launched to help students balance the competing demands of full time study and part time work.

TAFE

TAFE education quality at risk
Teachers are angry about the downgrading of new teachers' education qualifications.

Professional issues

Ban on register of close relationships
A register associated with National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy attacks professional integrity.

Salaries

Federation win for probationary teachers
New Scheme teachers won't have to wait so long to progress along the salaries scale.

Equity issues

5000 Indigenous children without a local school to go to
More than 5000 indigenous children in the Northern Territory are denied access to education.

Professional issues

Networking for educators in same boat
New teachers are getting together to share lesson ideas and establish relationships with educators of similar experience.

Professional issues

Classroom management skills course
A course for early career teachers and those teachers who mentor them will be held on June 2.

Professional issues

Federation challenges DET on qualifications
Federation has successfully challenged the Department of Education and Training (DET) for it prematurely vacating the field of advising pre-service school teachers about whether their qualifications meet the DET's requirements for teaching in public schools.

Professional issues

Accreditation moves closer
WENDY CURRIE reports on the Quality Teaching Council's progress on professional accreditation.

Campaigns

Reversing the trend for workers' rights
A grassroots movement will be needed to keep the WorkChoices industrial relations philosophy at bay.

Professional issues

Raising the leaving age will require funds
If the minimum age for leaving school rises, funding will need to rise too.

Federation

Name change signals enhanced welfare and legal support
Federation's law firm, MacMahon Associates, has had a name change to Federation Law which signals a new direction for the firm.

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