Eastern Suburbs teachers vote in favour of further industrial action.

Staffing strike May 22

By

Dennis Long

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

More than 20,000 members attended the meetings across the state on April 8, with 99 per cent voting in favour of the recommendation.

Members voted to condemn the Department of Education and Training "for casting aside an industrial agreement and imposing changes to the statewide schools staffing system, and engaging in cost-cutting attacks on TAFE, AMES and in the directorates of the Department".

Members vowed to continue to campaign for a new staffing agreement and declared their readiness "to engage in sustained and significant action" as authorised by Federation.

"In the event that there is no negotiated industrial agreement about staffing", the Sky Cannel meetings called for "the next action in the statewide campaign" to be a 24 hour strike on May 22 "with rallies to be held at appropriate locations across the state".

In a media release after the tabulation of the results, Federation President Maree O'Halloran called on Minister for Education and Industrial Relations John Della Bosca "to return to the negotiating table so that this dispute can be settled without further disruption".

Dennis Long is the Editor.

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