Research has found that almost all Australians feel it’s important that federal funding for TAFE is increased in order to help recovery from the recession.
The public providers will have to clear up the mess left by the collapse of All Trades, the latest private RTO to go under, and as usual there will be insufficient funding available to bridge the inevitable gaps and partial completions.
There’s never been a better time to invite new educators, and all teachers who haven’t yet become a QTU member, to join their Union at a discounted rate.
Continued QTU advocacy for gender employment equity means that all TAFE educators will annually progress to the next step of the salary schedule, regardless of their employment fraction.
The QTU has commenced consultation with members of the TAFE Division employed in the Central Queensland University regarding the development of a log of claims for the forthcoming enterprise bargaining round.
Under the governing structures set out in the QTU Constitution and Rules, the Union’s TAFE Division has the authority to decide matters which pertain exclusively to TAFE Division members.