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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$2.9 billion annual funding shortfall Both the federal and state governments have chronically underfunded public schools. Public schools need another $2.9 billion per annum to reach the National Goals of Schooling. In 2003 an inter-governmental taskforce estimated that the shortfall was $2.4 billion, which, when indexed, now amounts to $2.9 billion.
Politicians reminded to protect workers’ rights As the federal election approaches, events like the April 22 rally and concert remind all sides of politics workers want their industrial rights protected, writes MAREE O’HALLORAN.
Walkers hope for increased funding TAFE teachers and supporters are currently walking between Sydney and Canberra to gain support for increased TAFE funding.
Time to deliver on SSS salary sacrifice Federation is campaigning for State Superannuation Scheme members to be able to start making salary sacrifice contributions from July 1, 2007.
Conference tackles underlying racism Racism is one of the foundation stones of Australian nationhood, the anti-racism Stand up! Speak out! EmbRACE Diversity conference heard on April 28.