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General Staff Recognition |
NSW review School Assistants 28 August 2002
The PSA and the Department are close to a final position on the competencies utilised by school assistants and senior school assistants to carry out their duties. |
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Respect, Recognition, Rights 25 August 2004
This week is CPSU Schools National Recognition Week and the theme is Respect, Recognition, Rights. There are more than 45,000 support staff working in schools throughout Australia. Most of them are women. Over half work part-time. They don’t get paid during school holidays. They aren’t paid enough for the work they do. They certainly aren’t properly acknowledged for the contribution they make to the education of Australian kids. Of our kids. |
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UK union lodges huge equal pay claim 10 March 2003
The European union that covers school support staff, UNISON, has lodged an equal pay claim on behalf of nearly 1,000 teaching assistants in Lancashire - the largest equal value pay claim in the UK and Europe. |
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Private or Public Sector? |
Community orgs condemn trade talks 17 March 2003
"The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, labelling of genetically engineered food and Australian content rules in film and television are all targets in the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement negotiations starting on Monday March 17," Dr Patricia Ranald, Principal Policy Officer at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre said. |
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Public Private Partnerships 19 January 2004
A series of high-profile company failures by PFI specialists (private finance initiative) is causing alarm in public services across the UK. |
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Schools Support Staff |
CPSU - Representing School Support Staff 13 August 2007
CPSU - THE UNION REPRESENTING SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF
MEMBERS NOTE:
Click here to view/download a formatted version;
http://www.cpsuvic.org/public_docs/SSO-NEWS-1308-NRW-COMP-WINNER.pdf
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Human Rights Commission targets schools 08 August 2003
The Human Rights Commission is conducting a series of one-day Youth Challenge programs for secondary students. |
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Permanency for long term support staff 28 November 2001
With job security a major concern for workers across all industries, the NSW Public Service Association is close to finalising the permanent appointment of a large number of temporary school staff. |
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School Staff won't do Teachers Test Work 14 April 2010
The Deputy Prime Minister has said that if AEU members wont run the NAPLAN tests on students in May, then she wants Parents, the Education department staff and Schools Support Staff to do the job. |
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School Support Staff undervalued 16 March 2004
The New South Wales Department of Education and Training (DET) has refused to recognise the value of work performed by school support staff. Four years after it commissioned a job evaluation review for School and Senior School Assistants, DET has decided it will not fund salary increases.
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Schools Staff Union Campaign 27 August 2001
Ms Jennie George helped launch the Schools Staff union campaign to promote the "recognition" of school support staff. The campaign slogan is "EDUCATION -- IT COULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT US -- SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF". It is being run by the Community and Public Sector Union, the CPSU SPSF, the State Federation of non teaching education staff.
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Student behaviour |
Trade Union movement |
Teachers oppose school sell-off 18 October 2002
The Teachers Federation is opposed to the NSW government's proposal to build nine schools using a private consortium to finance the infrastructure and transferring ownership to the consortium for 30 years. |
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Your questions on refugees answered 14 March 2002
A union report clears up misconceptions and offers some ideas and recommendations on how Australia can better deal with refugees and asylum seekers.
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