2007 Women's Conference
The NTEU National Women’s Conference will be held on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 July 2007. There will be a meeting of the Women’s Action Committee on Friday 6 July.
Topics for discussion include: The International Trafficking of
Women. Parental Leave—focus on return to work rights.
Gender Pay Equity—new NTEU study proposal. 2007 Federal
Election—hear from the Political Parties. Activist Training
Workshops: *Getting involved and getting elected in NTEU
*Campaigning around workplace disputes *Applying for
Promotion(Academic Staff) *Applying for Reclassification(General
Staff) VENUE
Please note that the
conference will be held at the FEU Conference Rooms, Ground
Floor, 120 Clarendon St, South Melbourne
FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS
The National Office is funding one representative from each
Higher Education Branch, one woman representative from
NTEU’s Indigenous Committee, and four additional positions
from student unions, TAFE, RACGP and other tertiary
branches. Divisions and Branches are encouraged to send
staff who have carriage of Women’s issues at the expense of
the Division or Branch. Members of the WAC are also deemed
to be representing their Branch for the purposes of National
funding. There are additional places available should
Branches and Divisions wish to send additional delegates.
REGISTRATION
You will find a link below to the Registration
form for the National Women’s Conference. Please
ensure that all those attending the Conference send their
Registration Form to National Office before Friday
15th June 2007. You MUST be
selected by your Branch in order to be a nationally funded
delegate, and should provide a report to your Branch after the
conference.
LATE REGISTRATION/LATE CANCELLATION FEE/LATE CHANGES
FEES
All registrations are to be lodged on or before Friday
15th June 2007. Any registrations
after this date WILL incur a late fee, and late registrations may
not be accepted. As all bookings will be made using the
cheapest Internet fares, if a cancellation is made and the
booking is a non-refundable fare then the flight booking
will be charged back to the Branch/Division. A
cancellation fee will be charged for any registered participants
who cancel after they have registered for the
conference. This charge will reflect what the
Hotel and airlines charge for booking.