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Record Number 17686
Location Rolled banner storage 3 [Bookstack]
Title Banner - There's nothing casual about teaching [Object]
Published Sydney: New South Wales Teachers Federation, 2003.
Collation 1 banner : col. ; 286 x 118 cm.
General Note Collection code: Artworks.
Machine stitched white felt letters on blue hessian.
Attributed to "There's nothing casual about teaching" Day, 12 March 2003, held to highlight the crisis faced by NSW TAFE through funding cuts and the casualisation of its teachers. -- Education Vol. 84 No. 2 3 March 2003, page 9. Also used at other events during 2003; for example, during a protest outside the Industrial Relations Commission on 1 September 2003 (see story and photograph in NSWTF Annual Report 2004, p. 61).
Summary Note "Sticker day to highlight TAFE crisis by Astrid O’Neill, Josie Keeley and Terry Keeley. Federation will hold a “There’s nothing casual about teaching” Day on Wednesday March 12 to highlight the crisis faced by NSW TAFE through funding cuts and the casualisation of its teachers. As a campaign activity in the lead-up to the state election, 10,000 red stickers will be worn by students and teachers throughout NSW TAFE campuses. The aim is to highlight the inequality of employing about 75 per cent of TAFE teachers on low hourly casual rates, and to demand an increase of funding to allow TAFE to carry out its job without exploiting its workforce. Leaflets will be distributed to students to accompany the stickers, and local lobbying will focus on political parties and candidates. Both State and Federal Governments have starved TAFE NSW of funds in recent years. It has lost many of its permanent teaching and related positions both by natural attrition and a State Government policy on redundancies. For the past 10 years or so, very few permanent staff have been put on to replace those leaving. The result is that more than half of the teaching effort in NSW TAFE is being carried out by casual staff. Many part-time/casual teachers have been teaching for TAFE for more than 10 years, without job security, for only 60 per cent of the wage received by their permanent counterparts teaching for the same hours. Their continued exploitation has kept the TAFE system afloat, but at what cost to the people concerned? The detrimental effect has not been limited to the low wages, extremely high workloads, and stress suffered by part-time/casual teachers. It also reduces student contact with teachers out-side class time, and increases the workload of permanent colleagues in carrying out all the duties related to running courses and meeting student needs. The administrative burden on head teachers and permanent teachers has also increased inordinately. Casualisation of teachers on such a massive scale undermines all teachers. Pro rata pay and conditions for the same work will benefit students, teachers, TAFE, public education and the community. The recent staffing agreement will increase the ratio of permanent to part-time/casual TAFE teaching over the next three financial years to 55:45. This goes some way to meeting SIG Federation’s concerns but does not restore the ratios of 15 years ago. The issue of pro rata pay and conditions will form the basis of an application in the Industrial Commission as soon as possible after July 1. -- Astrid O’Neill is a Relieving TAFE Organiser, Josie Keeley is the part-time/casual representative on TAFE TA Executive and Terry Keeley is chairperson of the PTCSIG.” -- Education Vol. 84 No. 2 3 March 2003.
Subject Public education
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Teachers -- Employment
Internet Site Education Vol. 84 No. 2 3 March 2003.
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