RE: https://aus.social/@C0rn3lius/116281265125913680
I hope something good comes of it. Public schools are horribly underfunded; and teachers in Victoria are the lowest paid in Australia.
The Victorian government is pretty cash-strapped, so it's not easy. But the pressure is required because the current status quo is unsustainable and inadequate. I'm sure we all have ideas for where the money could come from.
You've yet to have a bullying principal known across the territory's school system as The Teacher Eater, whose admin staff go home to cry every night, whose school is at the bottom of its national socio-economic band for test results, and who organises "visioning sessions" where teachers are required to list "What I love about this school" immediately before the annual department-mandated evaluation-by-teachers of their school?
All with the union sitting on its hands?
the #AEU (Australian Education Union) really need to change their flag / colours – saw this when we rocked up & thought for a second that the fash was here 😳
(no sign of them so far 🎉)
Union says principals urged to cancel teachers and combine classes as majority of ACT’s primary schools blow budget
Union representatives say contracted teachers have lost their jobs because of ballooning public school budgets, despite the ACT…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #ACT #aeu #angelaburroughs #AU #Australia #australianeducationunion #Budget #Canberra #cuts #educationsupportoffice #principals #Public #school #teachers #yvetteberry
https://www.newsbeep.com/26677/
Thanks Sarah Missen
Industrial Disputes Report 12th February 2025
SA DHS; Opal; #ANMF NSW nurses & midwives; #RTBU #ETU Sydney Trains; Peabody; St Vincent’s Private; #ASU Glenelg Shire Council; #MUA Smit Lamnalco; Bendigo City Council; #CFMEU Administration; #AEU Victorian TAFEs & #HSU WA #healthworkers
https://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-12-february?
#labormovement ##organize #solidarity #unions
TAFE teachers at 12 TAFES stopwork Wednesday 21 August.
AEU negotiating for 2+years on ballooning workloads, in-class assessment recognised within teaching time. TAFE teachers are paid less than school teachers – by approximately. $4500 for experienced teachers.
Union members attend the meeting at the Atheneum Theatre Melbourne then march to Vic Parliament House
Activate Educate Unite
https://www.aeuvic.asn.au/campaigns/better-deal-tafe-members