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Teachers Finally Achieve Satisfaction


Teachers have thanked workers across the state for their support as their long-running dispute with the Carr Government finally moves to settlement.

NSW Teachers Federation president Sue Simpson told last night's Labor Council meeting that the support of affiliates was important during the tough campaign.

Simpson says the defining moment of the dispute was the November 13 rally when dozens of fellow unions committed their support to the teachers' struggle before dumping the Department for Education's offer on the steps of Parliament.

Earlier in the day the NSW Teachers Federation executive endorsed a package that delivers justice for casuals while delivering a pay-rise to all teachers.

The salaries component of the settlement covers a period from July 1, 1999 and has its final payment of the overall 16 per cent package on January 1, 2003. This means public school teachers will receive a substantial back-payment.

The package, to be put to a statewide vote of members on June 2, also includes:

� recognition that the public education system is advantaged by greater integration of schools and TAFE;

� recognition that this greater integration will enhance curriculum opportunities for students;

� acknowledgement of the advantages to public education of stability in employment practices over the life of the award at a time of educational change;

� the importance to public education of maintaining high standards through accountability at all levels of the system; and

� the provision of measures to address anomalies in salaries and allowances.

A ballot of all teachers will be held on June 2 to ensure that schools and colleges will remain open during the meeting of members.

Copies of the full settlement will be on both the Department and Teachers Federation websites. Go to http://www.nswtf.org.au.


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In this issue
Features
*  Interview: The University of Rupert
National Tertiary Education Union president Dr Carolyn Allport on News Corp's move into tertiary education and the Universitas 21 experiment.
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*  International: The Unionist Who Sparked a Coup
Workers Online's Fiji expert Andrew Casey profiles one of the men at the centre of the crisis, detained PM Mahendra Chaudry
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*  Unions: The Call to Action
The Australian Services Union is leading the push into the call centre industry. But winning these new workplaces is a major challenge.
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*  Politics: Workplace Gladiators
Peter Reith as Russell Crowe? That's the image Labor IR spokesman Arch Bevis conjured up in a frecent address to the Industrial Relations Society.
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*  History: How to be a Good Unionist
It's 1917, WWI rages and federal public servants are given these rules on how to dischare their responsibility as members.
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*  Legal: The Price of Solidarity
Intimidation, threats and even murder still await many workers who attempt to organize in a number of countries around the world, says a new ILO report.
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*  Review: Inconvenient History
In may be cold comfort to Republicans, but the vote for Federation was every bit as tempestuous as this collection of articles shows.
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*  Satire: World Bank Caves In
In a victory for Seattle protestors, international monetarists have decreed that global utopia to begin immediately.
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News
»  Fiji Faces International Union Blockade
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»  Workers Return to Dump Reith's Third Wave
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»  Budget Raises More Questions than Answers
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»  Teachers Finally Achieve Satisfaction
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»  FairWear Campaign Targets Uniforms
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»  Rio Tinto Appeals for Industrial Peace
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»  Beer Hike Sparks Worker Concerns
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»  Libs Fail to Block Family Friendly Laws
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»  No Joy For 'Back Door' Pete
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»  Angry Truckies Converge on Border
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»  Unions Dues Test Case Looms
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»  Why Solidarity Messages Mean Something
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»  Radio Free East Timor Rocks
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Columns
»  The Soapbox
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»  Sport
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»  Trades Hall
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»  Tool Shed
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Letters to the editor
»  Neale's Spot On!
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»  Silence on the GST
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