Parent messages of support to members – Catholic EB24 Industrial Action
| Stephen | Good luck with your fight. You deserve proper support and remuneration. As a fellow union member I know how hard it is to fight for your rights against a company with more money than morals. |
| Jenna | The staff at SCC are amazing! They have supported both of my kids to become kind, smart and well rounded individuals. The values they teach are exceptional. They all work extremely hard, and at the VERY LEAST, deserve to be on par with the pay Public School Staff get. Not good enough CESA! |
| Jason | Well done, great work |
| Crystal | Galilee campus Let’s create a better balance for these educators. Less class lines, more prep time and equal pay as the public sector. |
| Kerrie | Galilee campus Standing alongside! From the GC. SA kids deserve the best teachers! |
| Yully | You deserve better pay for all your hard work |
| Danielle | Our family send support to all the staff at CBC participating in Industrial Action for a fair agreement. We stand shoulder to shoulder with you as you have done the same supporting our son. Your ongoing care and support, expertise and efforts deserve recognition. Solidarity 💪 |
| Olivia | I support you |
| Kris | All 17 Schools – So impressive to hear about educators and teachers taking industrial action. It’s not something that any worker does lightly, but they do it because it’s the right thing for them, for their colleagues, and for the workers that come after them. Improving pay and conditions now, means an ongoing positive impact that future workers will benefit from. So well done, and thank you. Your important stand will help you and your current colleagues, and also the educators and teachers of the future. |
| Vince | Thankyou all for your unwavering effort’s and care towards my son. To support and care is second to none in our special school environment. Keep up the great work |
| Ada | These teachers deserve more money for the job they do because without them our lives and the lives of our children would be over. they support and give our children so much care, much needed education and attention that if they chose to leave this profession with less staffing there would be a much greater burden on the government and community at large. Our kids are vulnerable in general and to.put more stress in their lives is uncatholic and injustice. Stop wasting time and money with these proceedings and give these educators what they want!!! |
| Freya | Teaching and child care sectors are systematically undervalued through reduced pay, hours, and respect, for work that should be adequately recognised as some of the most valuable contributions a person can make to our society by uplifting the future generations. |
| Carolyn | To all the incredible staff at our school, please know you have my full support as you stand together for better pay and recognition. Supporting children with intellectual disability is so much more than teaching. You nurture, protect, encourage, advocate and care for our children every day, often understanding their needs when they cannot express them. Your work requires immense patience, compassion and skill, and deserves to be valued. Thank you for everything you do for our children. You are valued, respected and appreciated. ❤️ |
| Michael | I’m a retired teacher from a career in Catholic Education for nearly 38 years. It’s about time that our system lived up to its Mantra of ‘pastoral care for everyone in our institutions’ It’s vitally important that this campaign does get through and that the enterprise bargaining agreement is finally resolved and now that push has come to shove and teachers are taking industrial action it should indicate to everyone how important this matter is. Well done union members …keep up the good work. MM |
| Rebecca | Standing with the exceptional teachers and support staff of St Patrick’s Special School Dulwich in their request for better pay! |
| Amber | The teachers and support staff at Whitefriars have made such an impact on our children’s learning. They go above and beyond to make their school experience a safe, supported and enjoyable one. They really do deserve a pay rise to reflect their hard work. |
| Alla | We are really appreciate your job and support our children. Thank you and god bless! |
| Ann-Marie | The teaching and support staff at SAC are the spirit of this community. The students are thriving because of their efforts. The workload of those working in education has increased dramatically over the last decade and staff need appropriate pay and conditions. Retention is important, and I appreciate all staff at SAC give so much of their time and effort, especially in extra curricular. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute |
| Wendy | We see you. We see the effort and love you pour into your work, your school, your students. |
| Mel | Pay them more please |
| Christina | You are amazing! Your love for our children shines through. You are undervalued and under paid. All power towards your plight. Good luck |
| Dinh | Without good teachers we do not have a future since our children are the future |
| Usha | We need pay rise for the school teachers, Please listen to us. You just can’t ignore |
| Binay | Staffs at School are very supportive and been looking after my kid with Care and kindness. They have been providing superior service to ensure my kid is happy all the time. Through out the day from Picking up my kid from home to sending him to home, I assure my kid is taken well care and all staffs been providing exceptional support. So these amazing people deserves high reward and high acknowledgement. |
| Lisa | You deserve a pay rise and improved conditions. Don’t accept less than what’s deserved |
| Eleanor | Teachers work hard and their pay & conditions should not stagnate. Thank you for your care and support of our kids. |
| Carrie | You all do great work and deserve to be compensated accordingly |
| David | White friars and Nazareth – I believe that teachers and support staff should receive a fair deal for all their work they do for our children. This is not an easy job at times and they invest a lot of their time and themselves to help educate our children |
| Julie | I support you all in your endeavour for fair pay for the amazing job that you all do ,you deserve to be recognised . |
| Eliza | The care, compassion, patience and support you give these students every day is truly incredible. You deserve recognition for the hard work you put in to help each of them reach their full potential. As a mum, I am incredibly grateful for everything you do. You absolutely have my 100% support. |
| Seane | Teachers need to be supported and paid . Teaching and supporting our kids to help them grow and be successful |
| Grace | Teachers in this school need better pay |
| Harjeet | Teachers and education staff deserve fair pay for the work they do. I fully support this pay rise. |
| Abby | I toured so many schools and even considered home schooling before I found the absolute angels at La Vang. They’re smart, supportive, resilient and passionate about what they do. My daughter is so excited to go to school each day because of the educators and their staff. They deserve more money and support themselves than I can put into words. Give them what they’re asking for so kids like mine can feel safe and therefore learn in the only way they know how. |
| Sasha | Our family supports our teachers and staff 100%. Our particular teacher is excellent, providing the very best education, and acting with kindness and support. |
| Shashank | I support our teachers and staff. They work very hard to support and educate our children, and I believe they deserve fair pay and reasonable working conditions. I hope CESA and the teachers can reach a fair agreement soon. |
| Vu | I fully support the teachers and staff at our school in their effort to secure better working conditions and fair pay. Thank you for all your dedication and hard work for our children every day! |
| Rincymol | Support the amazing work of Most fabulaous job of developing future generations |
| Gilmour | I stand by Catholic school educators on their Enterprise Agreement negotiations. The teachers deserve to be heard and to be rightfully compensated. We, parents are benefiting on their dedication to deliver excellence in moulding our kids in school. |
| Jedda | We support all the teachers and staff as they fight for their right to pay rise especially in the economic climate we all are experiencing. They deserve to heard and be rewarded fairly for their dedication, hard work and skillset |
| Lady | We thank you for your dedication in helping and moulding our kids in school. |
| Kelly | Teachers and support staff at OLOLV are outstanding. They are highly skilled and experienced. My son is flourishing in this school environment of excellence and compassion and inclusivity. A pay rise for the staff here means retaining their expertise, and attracting others of the same high calibre. OLOLV provides schooling to children who have very limited schooling options, and what the staff here offer means our kids have access to excellent teaching and the best possible educational outcomes. That absolutely deserves recognition and generous renumeration. |
| Carolyn | Its important to resolve this industrial dispute asap. Especially for teachers and carers working with children with special needs. As a parent, It is so comforting to know that our child is being well care for by ‘well trained passionate professionals’. |
| Peter | Its important to resolve this industrial dispute asap. Especially for teachers and carers working with children with special needs. As a parent, It is so comforting to know that our child is being well care for by ‘well trained passionate professionals’. Those professionals should be compensated accordingly. |
| Christina | Go above and beyond to help our boys. Their dedication has positive impact on students and parents, we do not feel lost. |
| Achol | the teachers and staff have my full support |
| Mastura | Thank you for teaching our children even though they are not urs🩷 |
| Jean | We support you in your troubles and are sending words of encouragement. |
| Laureta | Teachers’ efforts deserve to be seen, commended and rewarded. You should get the pay rise that you deserve to continue supporting our young Australian generations, who are our future. Students need to be equipped for the future and Teachers need to be paid better to do their job. |
| Rachael | I support your claim – you are all committed, passionate, caring staff and the students and community are lucky to have you. |
| Katrina | Thank you for all you do. The school has changed so much over the last few years and the support that is given to the children is outstanding. I am proud to be a family at the college. Goodluck on the industrial action. You all deserve to be paid accordingly. |
| Claude | #equal pay for school teachers across South Australia. |
| Kerri | The staff and teachers at St Columba College do an amazing job! They all deserve to be fairly compensated for the wonderful work they do each day. |
| Kelly | We thank you for everything your do for our children to help them learn and develop throughout their education. You deserve to be paid more and rewarded for the time, dedication, and skills you have to teach our future leaders. |
| Don | I support teaching staff for their industrial action claim for their salarly increase |
| Sarah | You have my support |
| Adual | I hope this case takes positive action. |
| Belinda | We share support for you and your actions. In order to do your job you should be paid accordingly. |
| Faith | We want to support our teachers because they support our kids. |
| Darcy | Solidarity with the teachers! Take the bastards for all you can |
| Ruth | I will back all the teachers and support staff at St Pauls College. They all do an amazing job educating and looking after the well being of all the students |
| Minh | We value education at Catholic schools for our children and grand children and support teaching staff at Catholic School to receive appropriate remumeration and support so that they can deliver required services to our children and schools. |
| Emma | Support our amazing teachers by ensuring they recieve appropriate pay and work hours for the immensely hard work that they do. |
| Maria | Appreciate what you do for our kids. Thank you. |
| Paul | Our children deserve teachers who have the time, energy and support to give them their very best.You deserve to be valued for the work you do. You deserve to be paid fairly for that work. And you deserve to know that the parents in your community stand with you. |
| Tanya | Hope all goes well. |
| Shamila | We are so glad we choose this school , the teachers and admin staff have been so supportive of both my son and daughter . They have achieved wonderful things due to the support of these amazing teachers |
| Martin | Continue working hard, these students wont have success without guys. You deserve these pay rises to continue archive your desired outcome. |
| Rishi | For all the work they do, they should receive the pay they are entitled |
| Shannon | I support the staff in this |
| Sailaja | Thank you so much for helping my son, I appreciate you all. |
| Anna | You do an incredible job and your remuneration should reflect your expertise, dedication and commitment. |
| John | Good luck. You are setting up our daughter for Success. You deserve every cent. |
| Jonathan | Choosing between a child’s opportunities and an educator’s wellbeing is a decision space we should all be seeking to avoid. We all see the financial pressures facing our nation, and how educator salaries often struggle to keep pace, while resources remain limited. But if there’s one area we can never afford to neglect, it is in better equipping our children with the skills and values they need to face tomorrow. And the key enabler for that is educators who have the financial freedom, not to be rich, but to be able to devote to their roles and passions as teachers and opportunity-makers |
| Zorica | Teachers put in more than the regular 9-5 hours and should be taken care of. Cost of living is difficult for everyone and everyone should be able to earn enough to be able to afford the price increases. Teachers are shaping the future of our children and we are grateful for their time and efforts however they shouldn’t be expected to do it at their own cost. Support the teachers and give them what they deserve |
| Devina | Cost of living affects everyone. Teachers also need to cope with living cost. Please support them to do this for our children. |
| Josie | Thank you for all you do each and every day you deserve to receive the appropriate renumeration for your work. |
| Katie | Education our children is the most important aspect of a parents life, we pay higher school fees than public and our teachers should be paid adequately. |
| Sachinthana | We appreciate the heart you bring to your work. Your call for fair and sustainable conditions matters, and we stand with you in solidarity. |
| Nick | You have my support |
| Daniella | I strongly support our Catholic teachers in their efforts to secure a fair and supportive new Enterprise Agreement. Teachers are a pillar of hope for our girls as they journey through their primary and secondary years. They do so much more than teach a curriculum. They nurture, encourage, guide and inspire our children through some of the most important and formative years of their lives. |
| Jo | Great school, great teachers. |
| Amy | We support all the teachers and stand behind them. They are shaping our children’s futures give them whatever they need. The next generation relies on them! |
| Dasith | We know the value of Catholic education and 100% stand with the teachers.!! |
| Fatima | I support our Catholic school teachers and support staff in their industrial action claim. They work hard every day to support students, and I believe they deserve fair pay, safe working conditions and recognition for the important work they do. I hope their concerns are listened to and that a fair agreement can be reached. |
| Belinda | Thank you for your dedication, professionalism and commitment to providing education to our children, the next generation! You have my full support and deserve to be paid appropriately and if that means taking industrial action to make change , then go for it! |
| Monica | Our teachers are an integral part of our children’s learning for the future of our country why would we not invest in their educators? Our teachers deserve a pay increase much greater than offered to retain our senior teachers and to encourage new teachers in the Catholic Education system. The stress and increased workloads and complex needs of students requires a full functioning work force. I support the increased wages requested by our hard working teachers |
| Lee | Teachers are incredibly valuable & should be remunerated accordingly. All the best. |
| Vanessa | I can speak for these teachers and hand on heart say they make all the difference in what education looks like for our child. Honestly a good teacher is priceless!!! |
| M | We stand with you. Teachers are the cornerstone of our child’s learning and development. We love our teachers!!! |
| Ursula | With all the hard work our teachers do I feel this industrial action is valid.If they are happy and satisfied with their job, they can retain their skillls and hhighest outcome for our children. |
| Preethika | In our culture, teachers and education staff are equal to god and they should be given due respect. As parents for kids taken care of by you wonderful teachers, we stand with you |
| Susana | Please support our wonderful teaching staff by giving them the pay they deserve for all the hard work and dedication they do. We do not want to end up with teachers that need to take a second job just to make ends meet. |
| Anastasia | Teachers are integral to the functionality of the school, and their voices need to be heard within a reasonable timeframe. We support negotiations for a pay rise and for this issue to be resolved promptly. |
| Danine | Teachers are the backbone to supporting and guiding our future generations. It is profession that needs to be remunerated to a standard where it keeps amazing teachers in role and entices more to this profession. |
| Emma | Hard work deserves fair compensation. The time, advocacy and passion the teachers put in is way beyond what they are being paid for. Let’s keep the good ones in the profession, we can’t not! |
| Emma | I stand with you wholeheartedly in your claims. You go above and beyond, and set students up for success. You absolutely deserve appropriate recognition from your employer. In solidarity! |
| Amy | You guys are awesome !! |
| Caroline | Thank you for all of the work you do. Please know that you are valued by the parents and children you support every day |
| Donna | People should be paid what they are worth |
| Geneva | They work hard, and deserve money, this is a private school, and this is not catholic values ! |
| Xana | Cost of living has increased and so has the teacher work loads. Pay them what they deserve |
| Myles | I need this pls |
| Sienna | We support you on going on strike for a day |
| Nicole | Teachers and other school staff are undervalued and deserve proper payment and support for the incredible work they do supporting students. I am not a parent but am incredibly grateful for everything my past teachers have done to for me. Teachers deserve respect and recognition |
| Hunter | I just want the day off breh |
| Skye | Hope you get the pay rise you deserve 🙂 |
| Laurence | Yall deserve way more then your getting paid |
| Jade | Our teachers are very deserving of a pay increase. |
| Amelia | Supporting our teachers and all the wonderful work they do. |
| Emily | I see the work and commitment that goes into supporting our children and know how important you all are, not only to the school but to the wider education community. I hope you get the recognition and outcome you are seeking. You deserve to feel valued and respected for the enormous role you play in our children’s education and wellbeing |
| Tyra | These teachers deserve more. Pay them properly. |
| Kirsten | The teachers at our school are exceptional, they turn up each day with a desire to see every student succeed. I can hand on heart say that Cardijn is a school where I see the staff going well above & beyond! The level of teaching here is the best we’ve experienced, I’m yet to meet a single staff member at the school who isn’t giving their absolute best – not only to students & parents, but to each other. It’s one thing to turn up to work every day, but to bring the level of care, consideration, experience & individualized support is simply outstanding. You all absolutely deserve this payrise! |
| Carla | I support the pay rise request for all school staff. |
| Oliver | Really hope that you achieve an equitable outcome |
| Rebecca | Supporting Our Teachers As parents, we wholeheartedly support our teachers and their right to take Protected Industrial Action. Teachers do so much more than simply stand in front of a classroom. They educate, encourage, nurture, challenge and support our children every day. They manage increasingly complex needs, spend countless hours preparing lessons and resources, communicate with families, assess student progress and give far more of themselves than what can ever be captured in their contracted hours |
| Kimberly | Love this! |
| Michaela | Stay strong. Teachers’ working conditions are students’ learning conditions. A pay rise for teachers and ancillary staff helps all our kids. |
| Tessa | Keep up the good fight, you deserve a pay rise and better conditions. You do wonderful work with our son and want you to get reward and recognition you deserve! |
| Cheryl | Special transitions from primary school was amazing for my granddaughter and the help that she was given for her do so as was having a hard time to make that transition |
| JOSH | FREEDOMMMMMM!!!! |
| Nicole | Cardijn supports my child immensely with learnings and general life. They go above and beyond with the children. |
| Amanda | I fully support teachers having access to the right resources, time to prepare/follow up in their teaching and remuneration for their time |
| Molly | I support these teachers in taking action |
| Trent | Teachers have my full support in seeking this payrise, they deserve the financial recognition. If this government can splurge an abusrd amount of money on chasing motorycyle racing tracks, they can pay our teachers better!! |
| Renae | These teachers do an extraordinary job in teaching our children and deserve a remuneration reflective of the care, passion and important role they play in shaping our youth’s minds. |
| Oscar | I Pledge my solidarity to the teachers of CESA and of Cardijn College |
| Sophia | Yes….Teachers definitely deserve a pay rise at Cardijn college and participating Catholic schools… They have the right to be supported in every way possible. |
| Rosemary | You have my support in this . |
| Annette | As a member of DfE (Dept for Education) I am well aware of the demands placed on teachers in these ever more challenging times. All teachers, regardless of employer, need the same amount of support and remuneration. It is my great hope that Catholic education is fair and reasonable and doesn’t take advantage of your giving natures. You have my full support and I wish you every success. |
| Amy | You all do amazing and deserve a pay rise. Hope and pray you get what you deserve |
| Jessie | We appreciate you! |
| Sue | You do a great job and I hope you’re successful in getting pay increases to recognise that |
| Glen | I hope you come to an agreement so our staff who work so hard and go above and beyond get the resources and pay in line with department and other catholic schools across the country |
| Naoimh | I stand in solidarity with you all, as you fight for a wage increase that reflects the work , care and dedication that you show each and every student , every day at Cardijn College. Best of luck |
| Alyssa | I support that the teachers deserve what they are asking for. If the do not get treated with a fair rise unfortunately I feel the level/experience of the teachers employed will suffer. |
| Kel | Staff at our school work hard and deserve what they are asking for. I support there strike |
| Claire | Staff deserve what they are asking and should be appreciated for the work they do! |
| Carlota | I and my husband are deeply grateful to our children’s teachers and support staff at the Cardijn College Marian Campus for the support and dedication they are giving in teaching our children to perform and achieve better in school. We appreciate their diligence in ensuring that our children learn well but at the same time enjoy the process of learning. We hope that their efforts will also be recognised through adequate and timely compensation so that they can continue living well. If they are living well, this will also help them to continue doing their work well. |
| Shaela | Every teacher puts so much effort into each of their students and work during paid hours and countless non-paid hours. This isn’t right. Teacher should be treated as one of the most important jobs as we are teaching the next generation to care for our world. Humanity is carried through history, teachings, and literacy in all forms. When teachers fight for better rights, they should be received. |
| Jodie | We really value the work you do for our kids and understand that advocating for better conditions ultimately benefits the whole school community. Thank you for all you do. |
| Alice | SAC is lucky to have fabulous staff who work incredibly hard for their students, and they deserve to be recognised and appreciated for the efforts and time they put into teaching. |
| Melanie | We are so grateful for the care and attention to our daughter and support your request for appropriate funding and pay |
| Matt | I appreciate all the work that the staff do so wholeheartedly support their action to gain better conditions and pay. |
| Nikki | We wish you the best in getting an improved offer of better pay and conditions. It’s only fair, you deserve it! |
| Ruby | Cardijn staff deserve a pay rise and all teachers in general. You work so hard to improve us as young people and in turn rarley get any reciprocation. Thank you for your hard work and good luck! |
| Tanya | Deserve so much more for the work they actually do, give them a pay rise |
| Lisa | I support the fantastic teachers |
| Kelly | I support your cause because of the very important job you do. I’m a former teacher and believe strongly in valuing our highly skilled and dedicated teachers. With the rising costs of living it is fair and right to expect an adequate pay increase. Thanks for all you do and best of luck x |
| Chris | Very high quality and hard working staff, continually go above and beyond. We need to retain good teachers in the system, wise and experienced educators are priceless. |
| Karissa | By standing outside the classroom, you teach students that standing up for fair treatment and a better future is a real-world lesson in courage. |
| Nathan | Cardijn College teachers do a fantastic job to create a supportive learning environment for their students. These teachers deserve to be rewarded for their hard work. They deserve at least the same pay AND CONDITIONS as State School teachers. It is important that the Cardijn teachers are fairly treated and supported. This will ensure good teachers are retained and Cardijn will continue to be a great school. |
| Jason | We support you with your actions. The staff at Cardijn are wonderful. |
| Daniella | I stand with our teachers! |
| Samantha | The teachers supporting my son have been amazing . Happy and productive staff help form our children’s minds , They are the backbone of future generations |
| Cass | I completely support the action taken be teachers at Cardijn College. As a fellow educator, I understand the unsustainable workload expected of teachers. I know that my children will thrive when they have teachers that are respected and paid appropriately, given the supports and resources they desperately need to support all students in their learning journey and an increase in non face to face time to enable teachers to do their job well. Please value, respect our teachers – they are passionate, dedicated and so valuable to our children’s future. CESA, do better! |
| Nicolle | We’re in support of your requests, you deserve more. |
| Catherine | We support teachers right to be paid a liveable wage while teaching the next generation of young people. Fair pay for fair work. |
| Krystal | Stand strong together and don’t give up the fight! |
| Tammy | All teachers do far more than is expected at this school and deserve to be acknowledged for this and paid appropriately . |
| Aneta | 100% behind teachers & staff who shape the future adults of our communities… It’s often a difficult, thankless job, & staff are definitely underpaid. |
| Sarah | Our teachers are the backbone to society. Conditions are changing and evolving and like parenting new challenges are continually challenging how we are setting up the next generation success. Teachers deserve to be paid a professional wage in line with inflation. They are deserve to work under conditions where they can provide the best possible education for our students. |
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