October 9th, 10th and 11th saw the NTEU’s National Council held in Melbourne. The TAFE sector was well represented by Angela Barnes, Ros Kuss, Brian Hughes and Ivan Munro.
You can find the motions passed by National Council on the NTEU website.
SuniTAFE management wouldn’t give PACCT staff the Christmas closedown in the new agreement – they just refused point blank to give grace-and-favour days which we thought was pretty spiteful – no appreciation of PACCT staff. They’ve now decided that they will keep SuniTAFE open over the Christmas closedown period so that staff have to take annual leave [...]
The new NMIT/NTEU PACCT EBA will soon be certified and to kick of the new EBA we are holding a Lunch and Learn to discuss the new improvements and other existing entitlements and rights. A light lunch will be provided.
Non members wishing to join on the day are welcome to attend.
The Lunch and Learn will [...]
Despite the global financial crisis, 14 TAFE Collective Agreements have been concluded with good outcomes for NTEU members.
They include a pay rise of 3.25% which has delivered a quick increase prior to the State Government revising downwards the public sector wages policy to 2.7%.
NTEU TAFE Branch took the [...]
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