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6 November 2018: QTU action to get #KidsOffNauru

Campaign to bring children and their families being held in Australian prison camps on Nauru | EB9 Claim endorsed at State Council | Fair Funding Now | Workload Survey

06 November 2018 Read More

PPCR: The view from the end of a long career

Allan Cook has worked in a classified officer position in Department of Education secondary schools for more than 30 years and has been a union activist for more than 25 years. He will officially retire on the first day of the 2019 school year. Here he looks back at his long career and looks forward to what the PPCR might bring.

05 November 2018 Read More

PPCR should reflect responsibility of school leaders' role

At the heart of the ongoing Promotional Positions Classification Review is the need to recognise the huge changes and burgeoning complexity the roles of school leaders have undergone in the quarter of a century since they were last evaluated, and to ensure that they are fairly remunerated for the value their work provides. Here more QTU principal members explain what they do, the stresses involved and what they hope to see emerge from the PPCR.

05 November 2018 Read More

EB9: what's in the claim?

The QTU’s EB claim, which will form the basis of the Union’s position when negotiations begin next year, was debated and endorsed at the State Council on 3 November. Here is a summary of the issues included.

05 November 2018 Read More

EB9: why does gender pay equity matter?

Gender pay equity (GPE) is set to be a key plank of the QTU’s EB claim in 2019 – but given that we have had equal pay for decades, why is this so important?

05 November 2018 Read More

19 October 2018: Government announces new policies and procedures for schools

Occupational Violence Prevention Procedure published | EB9 claim development | QTU member workload survey and more

19 October 2018 Read More

EB9 - what happens next?

QTU members have had their say on what the Union’s priorities should be as it enters the negotiations for EB9.

11 October 2018 Read More

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