My Gripe - don't read this as you may find it disheartning

Come February I will be stepping down as sectretary of the local NZEI branch because of health reasons, and my worksite will have to find another worksite rep.  There is a great posibility that I will be resigning from the union as the fees can be better spent else where, it all depends on how I manage over the school holidays.  I have had to change my home phone to a cheaper plan, and have had to cancell insurance policies.  All because the govenerment don't want us plebs to earn a decent income.  They overpaid payments to private schools by 2.5 million and won't be asking for it back.  If they can make that sort of mistake without consequences, then surely there is enough to give us a better rate of pay.  And with the goverment reducing funding to (state) schools not even thinking that the running costs are still the same. All they want schools to do is give the students a basic education, Ann Tolley has said as much. And because of this attatude, students won't be reaching their full potential.  I will certainly be looking for work over the holidays, hopefully one that pays the whole year, not just 40 weeks.