80 percent cut to adult and community education

More than 200,000 New Zealanders enrol in adult and community education (ACE) courses each year, but most of those courses will no longer be offered from 2010 following an 80 percent budget cut in funding.

You can support the campaign to reverse the cuts – go to www.stopnightclasscuts.org.nz to download the petition and postcards for your colleagues to sign, join the facebook group, read the Tertiary Update story and listen to the

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University claims meetings

Claims meeting for nationwide university bargaining are taking place this month and we want a strong turn out. In the wake of the budget we need your visible support to help negotiate strong and fair pay and conditions. The two Waikato meetings are today, with Massey, Otago, Victoria and Auckland meetings also taking place over the next week:

• Waikato, Tues 16 June, 1.00 pm, S1.04 (vid link to Tauranga)
• Waikato, Tues 16 June, 12.00 noon, A.G.30
• Massey Turitea, Wed 17 June, 12.00 noon, REF1 Refectory/Lect
• Massey Hokowhitu, Weds 17 June, 1.10 pm, Awanui building/Seminar Room A4.11
• Otago, Fri 19 June, 12.00 noon, Castle B
• Otago, Fri 19 June, 1.00 pm, Dental Blue
• Victoria, Mon 22 June, 10.30am, Pipitia
• Victoria, Mon 22 June, 3.30 pm, Karori
• Victoria, Mon 22 June, 12.30 pm, Kelburn
• Victoria, Weds 24 June, 10.30am, Te Aro
• Auckland, Tues 23 June, 12.00 noon, City Rm 057, Owen Glenn BLD
• Auckland, Tues 23 June, 01.15 pm, Grafton – Bldg 502, rm B55
• Auckland, Weds 24 June, 12.00 noon, Epsom F1
• Auckland, Weds 24 June, 1.30pm, Tamaki  Bld 721 rm 234

Support a free education union in Ethiopia

In 1993 the Ethiopian government established an education union with the same name as the pre-existing democratic Ethiopian Teachers’ Association.  The government-favoured association then went to court to strip the independent union of its property, all assets and its name. The independent union, an affiliate of Education International, remains committed to defending freedom of association and trade union rights in Ethiopia and is trying to re-establish itself under a new name, the National Teachers’ Association, but the government is thwarting it.  You can support Ethiopian education unionists at Education International’s urgent action appeal.

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