With the effect of the Global Financial Crisis being a strain on women's employment, the importance of vocational education and training opportunities to either up-skill or retrain in a less volatile industry/occupation is paramount for many women. This workshop will consider women's prospective experience of vocational education and training considering the recent enactment of pro-marketisation policies nationally and in states/territories. 

It will look at how re-training could be guaranteed through bargaining and how the reality of job losses impacts union organizing, recruitment and sustainability. 

Women's Officer Cathy Smith and TAFE Women's Committee members will assist in the running of this workshop.