Issue No 66 | 11 August 2000 | |
NewsSeaforth Picket Marks a Year With Picnic
The Seaforth picket is now into day 243 and on the19 August it will be 12 months since the decision to close Seaforth TAFE was announced.
To mark this occasion there will be a picnic day, a sausage sizzle and speakers gathering at the Seaforth site on Sunday 20 August from 12 noon to 3pm organized by theTeachers Federation. Teachers Fed delegate Lolita Barrett says the campaign to save the TAFE has kept going because of the wide support it has received. 'Teachers support the campaign to keep it in public hands. It's also supported by the community around the TAFE,' she says.
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