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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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Burundi
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Cote d'Ivoire
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Rawanda
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Scotland
Sierra Leone
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Solomon Islands
South Africa
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Zambia
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Cameroon teachers plan top-marks protest 06 May 2002
Congo teachers defy government sanction threats 30 May 2001
Venezuelan teachers strike declared illegal 13 February 2001
Distance Education For Up-Grading Teachers? 05 December 2000
Teachers march on city council 03 December 2000
Extended school year 19 September 2000

Afghanistan


Girls’ schooling under threat 01 February 2006

Algeria


Low enrolment in teacher training 12 August 2001

Angola


Kuito City in Need of 670 Teachers 05 March 2004
Ministry of Education to enlist 29,000 primary teachers 01 July 2003
Angola's Teachers to Strike 09 August 2000

Antigua


Teachers To Stage Sit-in 02 July 2000

Argentina


Protesting teacher killed 09 April 2007
Teachers support general strike 19 December 2001
Middle classes cry for Argentina as economy unravels 19 November 2001

Bangladesh


Teachers plan tougher agitation 05 July 2006

Bermuda


Wildcat strike closes four schools 15 October 2002
Union wants substitute teachers to be permanent 22 June 2002

Botswana


New deadline to clear teachers' back-pay 20 February 2005
Teachers to end boycott 04 March 2003

Bulgaria


Teachers Rally in Sofia for Higher Pay 04 October 2007
Teachers' strike in Bulgaria might escalate 16 December 2005
Education Ministry, trade unions partly reconciled 24 November 2005

Burkina Faso


UNICEF to launch initiative to get girls into school 24 June 2003

Burundi


Gendarmes arrest teachers' union leaders 14 March 2004
Teachers end strike 07 July 2002

Cambodia


Prosecution of Four Union and Student Leaders 26 October 2005

Canada


Taco Bell High may come to Canada 24 June 2007
United for Fair (Education) Funding 08 March 2007
Teachers vote to return to school 30 October 2005
B.C. public sector to rally in support of teachers 17 October 2005
Jail threat 10 October 2005
Legislative hammer to punish teachers 05 October 2005
New teachers get rude awakening 06 September 2005
Teachers have no plan for strike vote 16 May 2005
Strikebound schools shut down 13 April 2005
Elementary teachers threaten strikes 19 August 2004
District earns failing grade in year-end cleaning review 28 December 2003
Learning report fails on class sizes 13 October 2003
Last chance to save clean schools! 05 June 2003
Ontario may ban teachers' strikes 14 April 2003
Saskatchewan teachers hold pay talks 19 August 2002
Thousands rally in Vancouver 03 June 2002
Teachers seek province-wide negotiations 21 May 2002
Vancouver schools face massive layoffs 05 April 2002
Canadian teachers fight privatisation 20 March 2002
Alberta strips teachers of right to strike for two years 13 March 2002
Teachers work to rule 06 March 2002
Alberta teachers ordered back to work 22 February 2002
Teachers quit spending own cash on school supplies 04 February 2002
B.C. premier says he's ordering end to teachers' contract dispute 21 January 2002
Thousands of teachers march in Vancouver 17 January 2002
B.C. teachers say Liberals may steer dispute in same direction as Ontario 13 January 2002
Illegal pay cuts 21 December 2001
Alberta teachers' strike is looming 30 November 2001
Another union wants teachers to ignore Ontario's new teacher-testing plan 19 August 2001
Ontario government takes next steps to privatize education 06 July 2001
Teachers not optimistic about restoring extracurricular activities 30 May 2001
Canadian teachers reject 'education market' 19 May 2001
Canadian teachers out of pocket $593 05 May 2001
Mediator brought into school talks 31 March 2001
Toronto Public Elementary Teachers Ratify New Agreement 23 February 2001
Yukon teachers step toward first ever strike 31 January 2001
Teachers may be locked out 14 January 2001
Casual teacher shortage in Canada 11 December 2000
Teachers vote on pay for extra duties 08 November 2000
Students demand solution to disputes 05 November 2000
Visigoths ready to spill blood in the schools 21 September 2000
Ontario principals caught in middle 25 August 2000
Ontario Teachers negotiate 19 August 2000
Canadian Teachers call for international action on literacy 22 July 2000

Central African Republic


Teachers extend their strike 25 January 2003

Chile


School students resume strikes 07 June 2006

China


Children severely affected by China's earthquake 14 May 2008
As China's economy grows, so does China's child labour problem 15 August 2005
Teachers and education in China - underfunded and undervalued 29 January 2004
Chinese Riot Police Clash with Protesting Teachers 19 July 2000

Cote d'Ivoire


Schools Reopen in Cote d'Ivoire As Teachers End Strike 09 April 2001

Czech Republic


Teachers threaten strike over pay 13 April 2003

Ecuador


Police Use Tear Gas To Disperse Striking Teachers 02 July 2000

Ethiopia


Urgent action appeal for Ethiopia 05 January 2007
Nearly 1,000 children attending alternative basic education 21 December 2006
Bureau to raise primary education enrolment 14 August 2006
Novel teaching scheme to be introduced 26 February 2003

Eucador


Striking teachers clash with police 14 December 2003

Fiji


Pay cut cruel 03 May 2007
Fiji teachers demand consultation 24 November 2000
4-term plan rejected 02 October 2000

France


Has the 'bac' met its Waterloo? 07 July 2008
Civil servants and teachers in France go on strike 20 May 2008
Mass protests on the streets of France 29 March 2006
General strikes in France and Israel 15 May 2003
France's teachers on strike again 06 May 2003

Gambia


No free education yet for girls 10 June 2003

Ghana


GES to reverse disparities between urban and rural schools 21 January 2007

Global


Overseas ministers demand action over recruitment 31 October 2003
G8 leaders challenged to act on education crisis 22 July 2001

Greece


Teachers strike continues 01 October 2006

Guinea


Teachers strike to demand 40% pay rise 12 January 2005

Guinea-Bissau


Guinea-Bissau teachers threaten strike 14 March 2007

Honduras


60,000 Honduran teachers to take to the streets 06 July 2004
Honduran teachers oppose IMF 12 December 2003

Hungary


Hungary's new PM to honour pay promise 21 May 2002

India


Greed blamed for India school blaze 05 September 2006
Many India schools closed after fatal fire 19 July 2004
Maths paper cancelled 25 April 2003

Indonesia


Aceh schools reopen after tsunami 26 January 2005
Thousands of teachers continue widespread strike 09 September 2001
Teachers demand salary payment 16 June 2001
Teachers to get 300% increase in allowance 27 November 2000

International


Global Action Week 2008 19 March 2008
Global Action Week: 21-27 April 2008 12 February 2008
Same story around the world 05 December 2007
EI President Thulas Nxesi: Governments must commit to spend more on Education 12 April 2006
Global Action Week 2006 27 February 2006
Annan plea for girls' schooling 11 April 2003
E.I. calls for action against corporate globalisation 02 August 2001
International Literacy Day 07 September 2000

Iran


Teachers' Mass Protest on 8 May 10 May 2007
Union leader arrested 23 April 2007
Iran crushes teachers' pay protest 19 March 2007
Teachers arrested in Tehran demonstration 04 January 2002

Ireland


Targeting the teacher 08 May 2001
Irish teachers to strike over 30 % pay rise 14 March 2001
Pay cuts threatened for refusing voluntary duties 13 November 2000
Irish teachers to strike over 30% pay claim 23 October 2000
Teacher shortage in Ireland 05 September 2000

Israel


No end in sight as teachers strike enters its fifth day 16 October 2007
5000 teachers could face dismissal 28 February 2005
10,000 teachers rally against Dovrat report 05 January 2005
Secondary school strike averted 06 May 2004
School strike to widen 05 February 2004
General strike closes schools 02 May 2003
High school teachers ready to strike 30 January 2002
Extended day for Israeli teachers 30 August 2000

Italy


Italy investigates school collapse 03 November 2002

Jamaica


Teachers want more maternity leave 31 August 2006
Ease of teacher shortage 07 September 2002
Leave cuts anger teachers 02 August 2000

Japan


Poem to Kimiko Nezu 19 July 2007
Poll shows small classes yield better academic performance 23 July 2001

Kenya


Teachers' strike cancelled 08 May 2008
Kenya: 60,000 more teachers needed 06 July 2006
Speed up our new pay, demand teachers 13 September 2005
Kenya to attain parity in school enrolment 12 November 2004
World Bank wants teachers pay rise pegged on merit 28 September 2004
Teacher recruitment 24 August 2003
Teachers want to be paid in two years 23 May 2003
Union rejects 10-year salary deal 16 January 2003
New school curriculum to be introduced next year 26 December 2002
Distance learning course for teachers 15 November 2002
Kenyan teachers to end strike 22 October 2002
Minister Stops Union's Dues 01 October 2002
Roll call for teachers 22 September 2002
Parents back teachers' action 04 September 2002
Teachers issue strike threat 26 August 2002
Pay talks between KNUT and govt fail 08 July 2002
Uproar Over MPs' pay rise 27 June 2002
Teachers' new promotion rule 31 May 2002
Strike looms as teachers boycott talks 01 May 2002
We will vote you out, teachers warn MPs 27 March 2002
State dishonest over salaries, claims KNUT 21 November 2001
Parents attack, Injure Principal over school funds 05 October 2001
Teachers welcome pay offer 26 June 2001
Teacher elections in Kenya 11 June 2001
Union Pursues Bargaining Terms 09 April 2001
President's No to teachers' pay 19 March 2001
Teachers' strike looms as government reneges on pay 12 November 2000

Korea


Robots to guard schools 12 June 2007
KTU submits formal complaint to ILO 02 June 2007
Teachers to stage national strike 21 November 2006
Teachers arrested in South Korea 20 October 2005
Teachers Reject Bonuses 25 September 2001

Lebanon


Urgent action appeal for Lebanese teachers 06 August 2006

Liberia


Girls' education hits high in Lofa 10 October 2005

Malaysia


Teachers slam proposal for 'rostered' pregnancies 28 June 2001
Teacher faces sack over his 'political' questions 06 October 2000

Mali


School Teachers begin Two-Day Strike 10 December 2003

Mexico


Oaxaca 06 November 2006
Punishing the PRI 13 July 2006

Mozambique


Mozambique not training enough teachers 05 October 2005

Namibia


Union praises education budget 14 March 2008
Teachers angry over treatment 07 August 2007
Pupils Battle to Get Into Schools 17 January 2002

New Zealand


Pay rises on way for teachers, nurses 13 September 2007
NZ kindergarten teachers achieve pay parity 06 July 2006
Pride and public education 05 July 2005
National's Education Policies Have Failed Here And Overseas 14 April 2005
A good deal for secondary teachers 06 September 2004
Govt offers $500 bonus if teachers sign pay deal 26 August 2004
Pressure from teachers and principals produces progress 17 August 2004
Education Minister steps into exam row 29 July 2004
Union claims ministry refusing to address teachers' claims 19 July 2004
New housing policy threat to rural schools 12 November 2003
PPTA slams school housing changes 02 August 2003
Teaching shortage blamed on ministry 08 January 2003
Teacher shortage at crisis point 03 December 2002
Backdown on threat to teachers 19 July 2002
PPTA calls for calm 16 June 2002
Ban on activities 13 June 2002
Industrial Action Continues 19 April 2002
Wildcat strikes to hit Auckland classrooms 22 March 2002
Teacher support for NCEA still uncertain 15 December 2001
No end in sight to teachers' dispute 31 October 2001
PPTA launches kit for safe schools 28 September 2001
Teachers and principals accept settlements 28 August 2001
One third of teachers quit in two years 22 June 2001
League tables unfair - PPTA Principals' Council 17 May 2001
Staffing recommendations for secondary education welcomed 14 March 2001
Primary classes may shrink 13 March 2001
Report upsets teacher unions 01 February 2001
Teachers seek $28m in stress bonuses 13 January 2001
Staffing crisis looms as NZ teachers snap up work overseas 06 January 2001
Young teachers' network 04 October 2000
Workloads make schools unsafe 26 September 2000
Vigorous debate predicted on PPTA audit report 25 September 2000
Queensland recruiting New Zealand teachers 08 September 2000
Scholarships welcome but other measures needed 27 August 2000

Nigeria


Teachers Threaten Mass Resignation 02 January 2008
Katsina plans to recruit 10,000 teachers 02 July 2004
Higher pay for teachers in rural areas 20 June 2003
Teachers registration council to ensure standards in training institutions 18 October 2002
Union moves against return of mission schools 24 September 2001
Commissioner warns principals, students 26 April 2001

Northern Ireland


Teachers end industrial action 03 August 2004
Northern Ireland's teachers vote for action 22 December 2003

Palestine


Unpaid Palestinian teachers go on strike 03 September 2006

Papua New Guinea


Teachers damage office 12 January 2005
Pay us first, teachers demand 28 July 2000

Rawanda


It's shocking, the numbers of school goers nursing hatred 14 December 2007

Russia


Desperate Siberian teachers refuse to work in decaying school 23 December 2002
Russian school teachers go on strike 02 March 2001

Scotland


Teachers call off strike proposal 25 March 2005
Anger at special needs policy 06 January 2002
Exam agency computer 'blows up' 27 July 2001
Deal 'close' on teachers' pay 29 December 2000
Ministers keep door open for special schools 16 September 2000

Sierra Leone


What does scrap metal business portend for tomorrow's leaders? 01 July 2008
Schools without teachers 19 September 2007
Education most important for 2007 elections 29 September 2006
Global campaign for education intensified 20 May 2004
Principals blast education boss 10 July 2001
Teachers planned to disrupt President 13 May 2001

Singapore


Singapore calls English teachers out of retirement 14 August 2006

Solomon Islands


Teachers return to work tomorrow after two days of strike action 01 November 2006

South Africa


Sadtu threatens mass action over grievances 08 March 2007
Teachers not paid 17 December 2006
Curbing the blackboard exodus 13 June 2006
2580 temporary teachers now permanent staff 29 March 2006
Teachers' union to weigh new offer 07 September 2004
Teachers to court over pay 09 June 2004
Nineteen independent schools operating illegally 01 May 2003
Almost a Quarter of S.Africans Over 25 Without Schooling 17 May 2002
Teachers warned to re-register or lose pay 07 March 2002
Sadtu threatens massive strike action 22 February 2002
Education Dept. to hire 26000 new teachers 05 October 2001
South African teachers join protest 19 August 2001
Dispute over holidays 17 April 2001
16 February 2001
SADTU to sue dept for 'misconduct' 06 October 2000
South African teachers seek consultation 22 August 2000

South Korea


Korean teachers oppose new information system 28 September 2004
Teachers strike irresponsible, says Education minister 27 October 2001
Teachers' Group Call Education Policy a Failure 19 July 2001
Unionized Teachers Mounting Struggle Against Govt. 02 July 2000

Sri Lanka


Teacher unions complain of text book delay 05 February 2004
Police clash with protesting teachers 02 August 2003

Sudan


EI expresses relief at the release of UK teacher 04 December 2007

Suriname


Four week strike ends 21 May 2008
Caribbean Congress of Labour to mediate in Suriname teacher's strike 20 December 2007

Switzerland


Zurich teachers protest at falling standards 21 June 2003

Tanzania


Crisis as AIDS strikes teachers 14 May 2006

Turkey


Huge victory for teachers in Turkey 28 October 2005

Uganda


700 teachers off pay-roll - stop work 20 February 2005
More teachers needed to cope with influx of pupils 02 September 2003
Teachers' Union in Final Stages 21 June 2002
14,000 teaching posts empty 28 April 2002

United Kingdom


Academies criticised for expelling 10,000 27 June 2008
School inspectors to focus more on lessons, less on data 15 May 2008
Appeal of parents' evenings waning, says schools minister 08 May 2008
High-stakes testing 07 May 2008
Flat-packed for the future 26 March 2008
Keep Big Brother out of the classroom, says union 18 March 2008
Religious state schools accused of fuelling social segregation 14 March 2008
Schools caught charging parents to secure places 12 March 2008
Just tell us the truth about academies 19 February 2008
Safety guidance for school trips proposed 06 February 2008
Poorest children 'falling behind' 02 January 2008
The end of colleges as we know them? 14 December 2007
Surprise inspections planned for schools 13 December 2007
Government 'in the dark' over teacher shortage crisis 11 December 2007
We need an assessment system that promotes professional integrity 06 December 2007
Public gives teachers a glowing report 07 November 2007
Schools warned to improve or face closure 01 November 2007
Government 'will not raid school surpluses' 31 October 2007
Faith schools 'cherry picking' 18 September 2007
Lib Dems make deprived pupils a priority 17 September 2007
Figures show more pupils truanting from school 12 September 2007
Unrealistic expectations 08 August 2007
School with call centre training site in classroom 24 July 2007
Pay teachers to work in deprived areas, says thinktank 19 July 2007
Too much, too late 19 June 2007
The shameful growth of a generation of 'neets' 13 June 2007
Government attacked over class sizes 30 April 2007
Teachers urge action on asbestos threat 18 April 2007
Teachers to undertake survey of school buildings 09 April 2007
School tests 'exhaust' 11-year-olds 03 April 2007
Who watches the watchdog? 27 March 2007
Teens face £50 fines for not attending class 26 March 2007
Geography lessons to include climate change 05 February 2007
Introducing the minister of no faith in communities 11 January 2007
Kelly accused of hypocrisy over son's private education 10 January 2007
School email and text plans for parents 01 January 2007
Headteacher crisis: the numbers tell the story 10 October 2006
Brown call to raise school-leaving age 27 September 2006
Johnson quiet over spin accusations 24 September 2006
State school costs hit £14,000 average 21 August 2006
Special schools need to feel protected 30 July 2006
Help state pupils or lose charity cash 29 June 2006
Scientists call for better teaching on evolution 23 June 2006
Parents rebel at 'Dickensian' school run by millionaire evangelist friend of Blair 31 May 2006
Calls for action on class sizes 20 April 2006
They are destroying education 04 April 2006
Satisfied with state schooling? 19 March 2006
Schools bill will rely on Tory votes thanks to hardcore Labour rebels 09 March 2006
Slap on wrist for private schools in fees cartel 28 February 2006
Why failing schools are a mythical beast 13 February 2006
Schoolgirl's religious dress case to go before Lords 06 February 2006
Research casts doubt on Kelly reading plan 01 February 2006
Expert warns against government phonics plans 05 January 2006
Teacher lesson checks 'punitive' 30 December 2005
I will break the law says head 30 December 2005
Blair rejects alternative white paper 15 December 2005
Newborn baby registered for school 06 December 2005
Cabinet revolt over parent power 16 November 2005
New academy schools fuel education row 06 September 2005
Two thirds oppose state aided faith schools 25 August 2005
Point of principle 16 August 2005
City schools could be front for evangelists 10 August 2005
Warning over reforms to teachers' workload 27 July 2005
Survey reveals 'bog standard' state of school toilets 12 July 2005
Test results linked to living standards 15 June 2005
Lib Dems call for halt on academies 31 May 2005
Curb parent power, say heads 03 May 2005
Private deals block Jamie's school dinners 26 April 2005
Exam marking to be processed in India 26 April 2005
Not good enough 14 April 2005
Union warns heads of sack over workload rules 31 March 2005
Primary schools targeted for rebuilding 18 March 2005
Tories outline plans for special needs education 08 March 2005
Plan to mix state and private pupils 01 February 2005
Teachers question Tory promises 07 October 2004
MPs call for changes to teachers' pay 21 September 2004
Parents call for crackdown on bullying 15 September 2004
The noisy truth of community 02 September 2004
Independent school sacks whistleblowers 27 August 2004
Markers blame computer system for test delays 29 July 2004
High-flying schools must think small 27 July 2004
Police investigate website exam 'scam' 23 June 2004
Classroom violence 27 May 2004
Who really benefits from voucher schemes? 30 April 2004
Teachers take action against league tables 12 April 2004
Council widens truancy net to include Heathrow 10 March 2004
No change in classroom methods, says study into performance pay for teachers 02 March 2004
Heads snub truancy fines 01 March 2004
Teachers warned over school trips 21 February 2004
Recruiting heads told to behave 09 February 2004
Puttnam calls school trip fears 'barking' 04 February 2004
Shared principals 03 February 2004
Classroom assistants 'are failing' 19 January 2004
Blair faces new row over school funds 03 January 2004
Outsourcing fails 25 November 2003
School funding guarantee 'neglects deprived children' 19 November 2003
Union attacks 'pay freeze' for teachers 11 November 2003
Concern over false allegations 05 November 2003
Classroom assistants boycott 08 October 2003
Schools lack specialist teachers 23 September 2003
Cash-strapped school sends pupils home 20 September 2003
Funding crisis 'costs 3,500 teachers' 29 August 2003
Government's critics jostle as exams fallout begins 15 August 2003
Panic alarms to be fitted in schools and hospitals 10 August 2003
State school students have edge in Higher Education 26 July 2003
Inflation only pay offer 13 July 2003
A-level crisis could happen again, MPs say 04 July 2003
Give us a break 17 June 2003
London: Everything cut to the bone 01 June 2003
25 May 2003
Faith school discrimination 15 May 2003
London's worst boroughs call for better support 13 May 2003
Teacher bonuses 'not benefiting pupils' 13 April 2003
Doubts over performance pay 11 April 2003
Funding crisis threatens workload reforms 04 April 2003
The hypocrisy of going private 25 March 2003
Iraq conflict could ignite racism in schools, NUT warns 13 March 2003
British teachers can refuse violent kids 04 March 2003
Survey assesses benefits of flexi-time for teachers 26 February 2003
Teachers 'outraged' at pay award 10 February 2003
Discipline is not a dirty word, says youth minister