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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
There are new collective agreements at all Victorian TAFEs. The NTEU will be running a series of Know Your Agreement sessions at all TAFEs. Look out for the flyer for your local session.
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