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"Hooray for equal pay... But do they really need to make us wait three years" the song written in 1969 continued. More like another 57 years from now, says new research from that UK. At the rate at which male and salaries are increasing, men and women won't be paid equally until 2067!!



UNISON, the union that represents public service workers including school support staff, released this press release:… Continue

Sorry to post such a sobering story on a day of celebration for support staff in Aotearoa, but here's what's happening to many support staff workers in schools across the USA. "Cutting these employees, who are among the lowest-paid and most deserving, is like carving out the backbone of American schools..."http://neatoday.org/2010/06/11/when-support-professionals-are-laid-off-their-story/

Greeting school librarians - a presidential proclamation endorses the important work of information professionals - no place better suited to make an impact on information literacy than in our school libraries. Check out President Obama'a proclamation on Information Literacy Awareness Month at this link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/2009literacy_prc_rel.pdf

Wishing all NZEI Support Staff members working in school libraries a happy Library Week. It's amazing to look back 30 years ago and see that we were talking about the same issues back then. Check out this report from National Education, (NZEI's journal pre-RouRou), from February 1979, calling for qualified school librarians for schools - to make the best use of resources for all our children. A good call in 1979; still a good call in 2009.… Continue

Just watched last evening's Back Benches session via this link:
http://tvnz.co.nz/back-benches/s2009-e22-video-2820798
Way to go Sue and supporters. You rocked!