Simple resources to help recruit new TEU members

Now is a great time to be recruiting new members to TEU. The more members we have, the more influence we have both locally and nationally. This helps TEU campaign to improve public tertiary education, and for better pay, leave and working conditions.

But, before you begin recruiting, you might need some basic information to share with the potential new members at your workplace.

1. Four reasons why you should join TEU:

• You’ll earn more at a unionised workplace” -” Each year the TEU wins pay rises for our members. Statistics show that where workplaces are well unionised salaries are higher.
• You’re more likely to get fair pay” -” TEU is campaigning to bring women’s pay and employment conditions into line with those of men. Many TEU members are women. Equitable pay and employment for women means better jobs for all tertiary education workers – men and women.
• You get more holidays and leave” -” Thanks to the TEU workers in universities, institutes of technology and polytechnics have significantly better leave entitlements than New Zealand minimums.
• You can help keep our tertiary education system public” -” TEU campaigns for public ownership and control of our tertiary education system so it benefits all New Zealand staff and students, not just those who want to make a profit off tax-payer funded services.

2. How much it costs to join:

The annual subscription to” join the TEU is 0.8% of a member’s salary up to a maximum of $550 per year. That is only about $10.50 a week, or the price of magazine and coffee. Try” this calculator to work out what your TEU subscription is likely to be. Subscriptions are generally paid by automatic salary deduction, but can be paid by other methods if necessary.

3. Recent news from the union:

Have a few copies of” Tertiary Update or” Kua Rangona handy to show potential new members some of the issues TEU is involved in around the country.

4. Other information

Other information people might want includesmembership benefits, the” history,” structure and” constitution of TEU and a” list of TEU people.

5. And of course…

The join up form is available” here on our website.

Help” Haiti

“Education International is anxious to support our member organisation CNEH, the Confédération National des Enseignants d’Haïti, to help teachers, students and communities to rebuild their lives so that they can return to work and to school,” said EI’s General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen.

Education International has set up a special fund for this purpose and urges all members and concerned individuals to contribute. Donations to the Education International Solidarity Fund can be transferred to the following account:

Education International “Fonds de Solidarité”
ING Bank
Rue du Trône, 14-16
1000″ Brussels
Account number: 310-1006170-75
IBAN: BE05 3101 0061 7075
SWIFT OR BIC CODE: BBRUBEBB

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Stand Up convener James Sleep says this is yet another attack on young people.

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To submit local news, events or other information to” Kua Rangonacontact Stephen Day phone or text 021 2900 734 or emailhttp://scr.im/stephenday. This might include details of upcoming branch meetings, photos of events, issues you want o share with other people or even birthday wishes. If we’ve got space we’ll try to publish it.

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