| The President Writes |
Contesting truth and trust
Cogent, persuasive arguments have always been a great strength of Federation, writes MAREE O'HALLORAN. |
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| Professional issues |
Minister interferes with school curriculum
Education Minister Carmel Tebbutt has come in for a flood of criticism over her reaction to a complaint about a class lesson. |
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| Campaigns |
IR proposals are 'blackmail', rally hears
A Sydney rally of mostly TAFE and university sector workers on June 1 was told the Howard Government's proposals tying funding to certain conditions constituted “blackmail”. |
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| Campaigns |
July 1 Sky Channel — Unions in solidarity
Please attend the Unions NSW Sky Channel meetings on July 1. |
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| Campaigns |
Orwellian language
Unions NSW has condemned the Federal Government's "continuing use of Orwellian language" to describe its proposed changes to industrial relations legislation. |
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| Campaigns |
The clock is ticking...
The countdown is on — new laws controlling our working lives are on the way. |
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Unionists educate workers on IR threat
Unionists at the combined TAFE and schools facility, Centre for Learning and Innovation, at Strathfield, have an information stall about proposed changes to federal industrial relations law. |
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| Campaigns |
Casual and temporary teachers urged to attend Sky Channel meetings
The Howard Government’s proposed industrial relations laws will have devastating effect on the increasing number of casual employees in Australia. |
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| Working conditions |
Direct action needed on appalling school maintenance
Appropriate political, media and/or industrial action is needed in the interest of learning and working conditions, writes ANGELO GAVRIELATOS. |
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| Campaigns |
Salaries claim perspectives
The recent salary increases won by nurses and police confirm the Government is prepared to offer 4.0 per cent per annum fully funded to State Government employees.
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| Working conditions |
Industrial threat brings maintenance action
The threat of industrial action has forced the Department of Education and Training (DET) to cave in to maintenance demands by Lethbridge Park PS teachers. |
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| Professional issues |
Unresolved issues about tutorial vouchers scheme
Federation has serious concerns about the arrangements for the implementation of the Federal Government’s “Tutorial Vouchers Initiative”. |
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| Professional issues |
State Opposition told to stop blaming teachers
Federation’s Senior Officers have told Opposition education spokesperson Jillian Skinner to back off from blaming teachers for critical incidents in schools. |
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| Professional issues |
Institute implemented in indecent haste
Federation has expressed its alarm at indecent haste to apply provisions of the NSW Institute of Teachers Act 2004. |
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| Industrial issues |
DET tries to impose annual school report changes
Federation has lodged a dispute notification in the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) about changes that the Department of Education and Training (DET) is attempting to impose in relation to annual school reports. |
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| Campaigns |
Historic joint action
On June 1 staff and students from all Upper Illawarra TAFE campuses converged on Wollongong TAFE to rally against the radical industrial agenda of the Howard Government. |
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| State Government |
Treasury reviews school public private partnerships
NSW Treasury is conducting a review of the nine schools built and maintained under its public private partnership (private financing) scheme. |
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| TAFE |
PTC settlement is fully funded
The TAFE part time casual (PTC) teacher pro rata pay and conditions settlement is fully funded. |
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| TAFE |
Workload in plain English
Federation's website offers plain English advice on award clauses relating to workload, reports PHIL BRADLEY. |
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| Working conditions |
Teacher housing conditions grim, Council hears
Some teachers sent to remote areas are living in apalling conditions, Federation's June Council heard. |
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| Professional issues |
Industry experience: get your case reassessed
Teachers affected by DET's decision to remove incremental credit for previous industry experience should get their case reassessed, writes JOHN DIXON. |
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| Unionism |
What is Unions NSW?
Unions NSW was founded in 1871 as the "Trades and Labor Council of Sydney" and was later renamed the Labor Council of NSW. The name was officially changed to Unions NSW in January. |
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| Working conditions |
Stand united to work reasonable hours for reasonable pay
The Excessive Teacher Workload Committee has been working hard to identify areas of excessive workload and devising strategies to reduce teacher workload, writes MICHAEL VALANTINE. |
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| Equity issues |
August Anna Stewart Program vacancies
Women teacher activists are encouraged to apply for two vacant positions for term 3, 2005. |
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| Trade Union Training |
Newbies find value in Beginning Teachers Conference
Teachers from across the New England, Bourke and Western regions descended on Lightning Ridge on May 28 to participate in a Beginning Teachers Conference. |
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| Awards |
Scholarship recipients offer inspiring statements
Eleven university students studying to be teachers have been awarded NSW Teachers Federation Trainee Teacher Scholarships for 2005. |
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| Public education |
Parents honoured by school
Parents and community members are an integral part of her school writes LILA MULARCZYK. |
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| Campaigns |
To engage youth, get on their wavelength
Survival depends upon us jumping onto that information super highway, writes KHYIAH ANGEL. |
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| Membership |
Financial status crucial for Presidential elections
The Federation Presidential elections for President, Deputy President and Senior Vice-President will occur during term 3 and early term 4. |
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