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Current News: UPDATE Press Statement: Return to work of Alexandra Staff The Barbados Secondary Teachers' Union has instructed (not ordered) its members of staff at the Alexandra School to resume teaching duties with immediate effect. Read more... The following videos highlight some of the major developments in relation to the Alexandra School impasse... Segment of Jeff Broomes' Speech Day Address (given on December 2nd, 2011), alleging unprofessional conduct by certain members of his teaching staff. Download video BSTU President, Mary Redman, responds to the Alexandra School principal's Speech Day comments, explaining the Union's initiation of industrial action. Download video BSTU president explains why the Union did not attend the meeting — convened by Education Minister Ronald Jones — at which the Alexandra School Principal was also in attendance. BSTU president commenting on the outcome of the Union's meeting with the Prime Minister, Freundel Stuart, concerning a definitive resolution of the Alexandra School issue. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT EMERGENCY GENERAL MEETING "The BSTU at its Emergency General Meeting on 12th December, 2011 passed the following resolutions..." Read more... Press Release: Background to the Current Impasse with CXC and the Alexandra School         CXC: The Union has not been informed as to whether the Ministry has done anything to correct the wrong suffered by the students at the Foundation School ... the Union will be forced to consider the avenues available to it to get this matter addressed if the Registrar does not agree to a meeting with us.... Read more... Alexandra School: The Union has written the Chief Personnel Officer to seek an urgent meeting to resolve the untenable labour management relations at the Alexandra School. Read more...

Documents Academic Calendar for year 2011-12 Click here to download the academic calendar for the current school year. ___________________ Learn about the teacher evaluation process "A new evaluation system for teachers was designed to replace the existing Annual Reports used throughout the public service. The new system should provide timely, accurate information about schools and teaching learning strategies..." Read more... ___________________ The Social Partnership, established in 1991, has played an integral role in supporting Barbados' economic growth and stability over the past two decades. The contribution of the trade unions to the establishment and evolution of the Social Partnership is discussed in two articles, the first of which can be downloaded from here and the second one is available here. ___________________ UNION DOCUMENTS Download your membership application form here along with its companion payment authorisation form here. NATIONAL ISSUES Download the Barbados Education Act (2002) here. Are you being paid correctly? Have a look at the civil service salary scales which may be accessed here. ...and how safe is your workplace in the context of the stipulations of the Safety and Health at Work Act (2005)? The full text of this Act is available here. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Strategies for coping with the current international recession, an interesting perspective presented here, along with another viewpoint which can be read here

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