No wonder teachers strike
Some corrections are needed to the outdated misconceptions held by Tony A (Your Voice, Weekly, February 27) about teaching. Police officers and construction industry employees with RDOs get more leave than teachers. Teaching requires a four-year university degree and is
markedly underpaid compared to all other tertiary level jobs. A teacher on a school camp can work up to 120 hours a week yet only get paid for 40 hours. And have you visited a school lately? The working conditions are generally poor, along with an increasingly abusive student population. Over two years, all the government has offered the teachers is no pay rise at all. It won’t negotiate despite having promised that Victoria would have “the best-paid teachers in Australia”. No wonder teachers keep striking.
Marc Matthews, Kealba
Fix this parking problem
Where is there to park in Werribee CBD? With a growing population of 187,778 Wyndham Council needs to get its act together and provide more adequate parking. Working for a local recruitment company in Werribee, trying to better the community with employment opportunities for clients who have major barriers, I am not able to do my job, effectively moving my car every hour. This issue needs to be fixed.
Natalie Spiteri, Werribee
Re: West schools decay as cash dries up (Weekly, February 27):
Just another example of Ted Baillieu failing the west. By making cuts to early childhood education funding, schools, TAFEs and hospitals he is showing how little he cares.
Kate
Re: Wyndham traffic: $100m solution needed (Weekly, February 27):
Talk, talk and more talk. Let’s get the City of Wyndham’s residents 180,000 to unite and march/block key locations. Time for talk is over.
Grahamblunt
Pity several of the listed roads are council’s responsibility and not VicRoads. Council should put its money where its mouth is.
Werdnakram
