About 50 lined up outside MP Paul Lynch's office in Liverpool and, one by one, handed over the judgement paper with `REJECTED' scrawled across it.

They carried placards reading ``Where on earth is Verity Firth'' and ``TAFE teachers worth every cent''.

Teacher Adam West said he was concerned the quality of teaching would be affected by the increased working hours.

``To attract quality people you need to give incentives and offer good conditions,'' he said.

``We can't attract the quality people we need. It's just going to get worse.''

Teacher Greg Robinson said he would prefer conditions remained unchanged to a pay rise.

``The commission feigned negotiations on this,'' he said.

``We didn't contribute at all.''

No one from Mr Lynch's office was available for comment.