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Issue No. 211 | 05 March 2004 |
Be Afraid
Interview: Baby Bust Safety: Dust To Dust Bad Boss: Shaming in Print National Focus: Work's Cripplin' Us International: Bulk Bullies History: The Battle for Kelly's Bush Economics: Aid, Trade And Oil Review: The Art Of Work Poetry: Sew His Lips Together
Taskforce "Disgraced" in Court Jockeys Down by Width of Strait Bracks Spin Machine Towels Nurses Good Will Still Hunting on Rail Developer "Monsters" Safety Cop
The Soapbox Sport Politics Postcard
Crucifying Refugees Saving The Planet
Labor Council of NSW |
News Students Take $10,000 Trim
North Coast TAFE is applying the five-figure slug to pay for positions additional to those funded by the state government, according to the NSW Teachers Federation. The $10 000, one-year courses are the latest in a line of fee hikes faced by TAFE students. "The ALP Government is ignoring its own policy platform on this issue," says Phil Bradley from the NSW Teachers Federation. "We will continue to fight this campaign on behalf of TAFE students and our members whose jobs are threatened because of these cutbacks." Bradley points out that many 'high-demand' trade courses will face this sort of 'fee for service' provision. Industrial action by TAFE teachers to protest the rise in TAFE fees is scheduled for March 10. A number of rallies are scheduled on March 10 to protest fee hikes. The TAFE 'Big Day Out' starts from 10.30am in Farrer Place, off Bent Street in Sydney with a march on Parliament House scheduled. Other allies are set down for Wollongong, Newcastle, Lismore, Port Macquarie, Orange, Albury and Wagga. Gaol Teachers Strike Meanwhile Long Bay gaol teachers stopped work in protest of the State Government's refusal to pass on the 5.5% interim increase awarded to Department of Education and Training teachers. "Education and training contributes to inmates' more successful integration into the community upon release," says Kevin Sheppard, Secretary of the Corrective Services Teachers Association. "Teachers are disappointed and feel undervalued by the Government's refusal to recognise our contribution to improving inmates' education and vocational skills." Other stop work meetings were held at other NSW prisons last week, including Mannus Correctional, Long Bay Correctional, Goulburn Correctional Centre and Lithgow Correctional Centre
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