The union embarked on a strike and the memorandum was submitted to the Premier, the legislature and the Department of Education. The biggest challenge had been the issue of termination of contracts for temporary teachers. The union supported all the efforts to take the Department to court. On 03 March 2011, Minister tabled a notice of intervention. SADTU requested a memorandum of understanding for the intervention. The Minister indicated that the intervention was meant to strengthen the Department.