And one of the things that Shoman will have to take over is BNTU's court case challenging the legality of the 10% pay cut during COVID in Catholic Schools. Yesterday, you heard the minister agreeing with the court's dismissal of the case. Today, we asked Smith what the BNTU's next plan is.
Elena Smith, Outgoing President, BNTU
"Well of course we don't expect anything different from the ministry. They would not want to say that what they did was not right, but we are still of the view that our contract is important and our contract must be adhere to and so we have been going to our membership to seek their approval to see what we do next and that is where we are. So we do not agree with the decision. We respect the decision, but we don't agree with it and so we will see what our members tell us in terms of going forward."
