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Nike, a leading sponsor of women’s soccer teams at the World Cup, leaves Cambodian garment workers without US$1.4 million in legally owed severance pay

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While billions of people are cheering on their favourite teams during the Women’s World Cup, Nike – sponsor of thirteen of the teams – refuses to pay 1,284 Cambodian garment workers US$1.4 million in legally owed severance pay.   Global women’s rights organisation, ActionAid Australia, alongside the Manufacturing Division of the CFMEU and the garment … Continued

Western Sydney Teachers rally at Prue Car’s office

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MEDIA ALERT ***REISSUING TO CORRECT EVENT DATE TO TOMORROW*** Western Sydney Teachers rally at Prue Car’s office   Teachers from across Western Sydney are stepping up their campaign for fair salaries and workloads, rallying outside Education Minister Prue Car’s Londonderry office at 4pm tomorrow to call on the Minns Government to honour its agreement to … Continued

Western Sydney Teachers rally at Prue Car’s office

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MEDIA ALERT   Western Sydney Teachers rally at Prue Car’s office   Teachers from across Western Sydney are stepping up their campaign for fair salaries and workloads, rallying outside Education Minister Prue Car’s Londonderry office at 4pm today to call on the Minns Government to honour its agreement to tackle the teacher shortage.   In … Continued

Historic Launch of the Unified International Scientific Center Initiative to Address Climate Impact on Earth

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WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESSWIRE / August 14, 2023 / Dr. Egon Cholakian, a distinguished CERN and NASA scientist with an extensive experience in climate research and national security matters, has announced the Unified International Scientific Center (UISC) initiative on his newly-launched platform: Earth Save Science Collaborative (ESSC). Dr. Egon Cholakian Dr. Egon Cholakian This groundbreaking … Continued

New course to boost games design skills in Southeast Asia

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RMIT University in partnership with Infinite Learning have launched their first short course in games design at Nongsa Digital Park in Indonesia, as part of a strategic partnership signed between the two institutions in late 2021. The course, an Introduction to Game Design (2D), has been developed by RMIT’s College of Vocational Education to boost … Continued

2023 New South Wales Skills Training Snapshot Released

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A new analysis of government data on New South Wales’ skills training system shows that when it comes to the task of training and educating the workforce, it is independent Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) that do the heavy lifting.  The data can be found in the 2023 New South Wales Skills Training Snapshot released this … Continued

IEU NSW/ACT considering protected action on teacher pay dispute

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Monday, 14 August 2023   The IEUA NSW/ACT Executive met on Friday 11 August, to consider the progress of the dispute between the NSW Teachers Federation and the NSW Government on teacher pay. “Pay rates for teachers in NSW public schools are directly relevant to teachers in NSW Catholic systemic schools,” Mark Northam, Secretary of the … Continued

Thousands of Catholic school staff to stop work tomorrow

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Thousands of employees across 34 Queensland Catholic schools will take protected industrial action tomorrow, Tuesday 15 August 2023.   Members of the Independent Education Union – Queensland and Northern Territory (IEU-QNT) will stop work for five-minutes from 8:30-8:35am and undertake a range of “work bans” throughout the day.   The action will take place at … Continued

Culture and the cosmos; learning on Country; elemental energies; and a health lab on wheels

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Great National Science Week INDIGENOUS SCIENCE stories up for grabs now around Australia The culture of the cosmos: Country and Sky with a space archaeologist and an Indigenous astrophysicist. Indigenous science, song-lines and stars at the planetarium in Wollongong. The night sky, bush food, and technology at Redfern’s Indigenous Science Experience. Payirri-Apinthirlu Naalityangka: the First … Continued

Toowoomba school staff to stop work tomorrow, 15 August 2023

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Hundreds of employees across 13 Toowoomba Catholic schools will take protected industrial action tomorrow, Tuesday 15 August 2023.   Members of the Independent Education Union – Queensland and Northern Territory (IEU-QNT) will stop work for five-minutes from 8:30-8:35am and undertake a range of “work bans” throughout the day.   The schools where IEU-QNT members are … Continued