Teachers who work in NSW prisons are taking 24 hour strike action today, Wednesday 14 September, to protest the abolition of the qualified teacher workforce in Corrective Services.

A protest rally will be held in Macquarie Street outside Parliament House at 11.30 am.

All members are urged to show your support for our Corrective Services colleagues by sending a message to your local MP. (A copy will automatically be sent to the Minister for Corrections, David Elliott and Premier Mike Baird.)

Corrective Services teachers are forsaking a day’s pay in strike action to oppose the Baird Government’s outsourcing of prison education, whereby qualified teachers are to be replaced by non-teachers.