At the Victorian TAFE Branch meeting held on 5 March, delegates endorsed a campaign to persue a single Agreement for PACCT employees across Victoria. The Agreement would be similar to the Victorian TAFE teachers’ single Agreement.
In the last bargaining round, the then Education Minister, Jacinta Allen, refused to treat PACCT staff the same as their teacher colleagues within TAFE. Victoria now has a new Minister for Education, Bronwyn Pyke. The TAFE Branch will commence its campaign for a single Agreement by opening up discussions with Ms Pyke shortly.
During the first week of May, TAFE sub-branches will celebrate the work of PACCT employees by holding barbeques, morning teas and lunches across all TAFEs in Victoria.
Victorian TAFE Agreements expire in February 2011. TAFE sub-branches will start holding log of claims meetings around July, August and September this year.
