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EDUCATION
Fix this textJOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION
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Fix this textVol. 84 N 0.9 September 1» .2 003
Fix this textThree states to strike on September 17
Fix this textby John Irving
Fix this textNSW public education teachers will strike on
Fix this textSeptember 17 with their Western Australian
Fix this textand Victorian colleagues over salaries.
Fix this textOn July 29 members voted overwhelm-
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Fix this textthe Government.
Fix this textMajor rallies will be held in Sydney and
Fix this textregional NSW.
Fix this textSimultaneously, events will take place in
Fix this textMelbourne and Perth.
Fix this textTeachers in each participating state are
Fix this textprotesting against insulting pay offers from
Fix this textemployers and the collusion of state Treasur-
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Fix this textIn Sydney members are urged to attend
Fix this texta rally that will assemble at 10.30 am in
Fix this textHyde Park North and then march to Parlia-
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Fix this textRallies will be held in major regional
Fix this textcentres and Sky Channel venues will be
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Fix this textMembers are urged to bring posters and
Fix this texta “Letter of Demand” on the Government.
Fix this textA draft letter of demand will be sent to all
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Fix this textSkywriting and/or aeroplane trailing flags
Fix this texthave been organised for South Coast, New-
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Fix this textPlease attend rallies where possible to
Fix this textdemonstrate our solidarity and resolve.
Fix this textJobn Irving
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Fix this textNational Day of Action
Fix this textPublic education teachers across the nation
Fix this textwill be highlighting the dangerous and short-
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Fix this textVictoria: 24-hour strike rejecting a 2.25
Fix this textper cent offer (with 0.75 per cent extra avail-
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Fix this textNSW: 24-hour strike rejecting a three per
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Fix this textWestern Australia: Half-day strike reject-
Fix this texting a three per cent offer.
Fix this textQueensland: has accepted 3.8 per cent
Fix this textfrom June 1,2003,3.5 per cent from July 1,
Fix this text2004, 3.5 per cent from July 1, 2005, plus
Fix this text300 additional teachers to make a class size
Fix this texttarget of 28 in years 4 to 10 by 2007; but
Fix this textwill undertake activities of support.
Fix this textTasmania: will undertake activities of
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Fix this textNorthern Territory: protest action in
Fix this textDarwin and Alice Springs after school hours
Fix this textbecause they have already reached a salaries
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Fix this textACT: has been offered 6.87 per cent to
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Fix this textSouth Australia: already has a salaries
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Fix this textUpdated campaign engine
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Fix this textby Dennis Long
Fix this textThe importance of full funding from Treasury
Fix this textfor any salary increase has been highlighted
Fix this textin more than 6000 letters sent to state politi-
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Fix this textLetter writers sent their letters using the
Fix this textmost recent update of the salaries campaign
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Fix this textMembers who go to www.nswtf.org.au
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Fix this textsending a letter to politicians that calls on
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Fix this textThe letter calls for the Government to
Fix this textincrease its offer of three per cent per year and
Fix this textto pay the Vinson 5% catch-up as “a gesture
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Fix this textThe letter also calls on the Government to
Fix this textresile “from its public commitment to work
Fix this textwith other state governments to hold down
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Fix this textThe letters sent support for the ‘public
Fix this textinterest’ argument to be put to the Industrial
Fix this textRelations Commission (see story page 3).
Fix this textThe letter indicates that “investment in the
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Fix this textmajor government responsibility”; that “it
Fix this textis now time for a major breakthrough on
Fix this textteachers’ salaries to reassert the status of
Fix this textteaching and learning in our society”; and
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Fix this textMembers have reinforced the work value
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Fix this textMembers visiting the campaign engine
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Fix this texttotal claim of 25 per over two years with the
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Fix this textVisitors to the website can subscribe to
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Fix this textDennis Long
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Fix this textTEACHERS
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Fix this textMeredith Burgmann accepts the biggest petition she’s ever
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Fix this textby Kerri Carr
Fix this textFederation has presented more than 15,000
Fix this textsignatures opposing the proposed restructure of
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Fix this textLabor Party MLC and NSW Legislative
Fix this textCouncil President Dr Meredith Burgmann
Fix this textaccepted the petition and said it was the “biggest
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Fix this textThe petition calls on the Government to
Fix this textabandon its current restructuring plans, ensure
Fix this textthere was no net loss of jobs in DET and ensure
Fix this textthat educational need, not cost cutting, drives
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Fix this textMs Burgmann said she would arrange for
Fix this textthe petition to be presented to the Flouse in the
Fix this textfirst week of the next sitting.
Fix this textShe said the Socialist Left’s position on the
Fix this textrestructure proposal was to oppose any loss of
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Fix this textFederation Senior Vice President Angelo
Fix this textGavrielatos presented the petition to Ms Burg-
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Fix this text“Thousands of Federation members and
Fix this textcommunity members have demonstrated then-
Fix this textopposition to the proposal by signing a peti-
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Fix this textGovernment, the Federation values the vital role
Fix this textand work of DET teaching service consultants
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Fix this textReport incidents for
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Fix this textby Joan Lemaire
Fix this textThe Federation chose the month of
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Fix this textMembers need to report all inci-
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Fix this textThe union needs all teachers,
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Fix this textFederation will use these reports
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Fix this textstaff. This will ensure that teachers
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Fix this textFederation Representatives have
Fix this textcopies of the violent incident
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Fix this textPlease ensure that all reports on
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Fix this textJoan Lemaire
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