Chris is a labour law researcher, specialising in China and the right to strike. He spent 27 years in the SA union movement. Chris now lives in Canberra. More →
Teacher Bonuses Fail to Improve Student Results
Teacher Bonuses Fail to Improve Student Results A research brief published by the public education group, Save Our Schools, says that Labor and Liberal claims that teacher bonuses will improve student achievement is not supported by research evidence. SOS National Convenor, Trevor Cobbold, said that the proposed bonuses will be a huge waste of money [...]
Read more →Canberra jobs rally
Canberra and whole ACT economy will suffer under Abbott’s plan to shed public sector jobs I attended the Canberra jobs union rally today. ACTU President Ged Kearney said Tony Abbott’s plan to slash jobs in the Federal Government will have a devastating impact that will resonate far beyond the public service to jobs in the [...]
Read more →Abbott and the budgies
Can you believe this ACTU spoof has been pulled by YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-evCwsJJunQ&feature=youtu.be
Read more →Rights for delegates
Don’t vote for candidates who do not committ to new labour law rights for delegates. Lobby your candidates now. Make sure your union campaigns for this reform. From the YR@W campaign Charter of Delegates Rights Elected union workplace delegates are the volunteers who are crucial to ensuring we all have rights at work. Delegates are [...]
Read more →YR@W
Follow in this election Your Rights at Work http://www.rightsatwork.com.au/Home/Campaigns/WorkChoices-Never-Again.aspx
Read more →School Rewards Will Encourage Poaching and Cheating
School Rewards Will Encourage Poaching and Cheating Labor’s $100 000 reward for schools which most improve their results will encourage them to cheat and rort their results, poach high achieving students from each other and discriminate against other students says Save Our Schools, a public education advocacy group. SOS national convenor, Trevor Cobbold, said that [...]
Read more →Stimulus saved jobs
Labor’s GFC Stimulus Package Helped Save Our Jobs from CFMEU http://cfmeu.asn.au/ The Global Financial Crisis that spread across the globe caused the biggest threat to jobs and living standards of Australian workers for numerous generations. Australia managed to weather the storm a lot better than most countries did, however, because the Labor Government acted quickly [...]
Read more →
