Archive for September 30th, 2009
Canberra teachers: cutting wages for capitalism
Posted by John, September 30th, 2009 - under Teachers.
Tags: Canberra, Canberra Labor
Comments: 1
Canberra teachers have accepted a 6.1 pay increase over two years under a new deal with the Stanhope Labor Government. This is a defeat for teachers and the wider union movement in Canberra. How so? Headline inflation last quarter was 1.5 percent. Core inflation – the figure the Reserve Bank pays particular attention to – was 3.9 percent. […]