Fed: Teachers to hold national day of action over pay
MELBOURNE, Aug 7 AAP - Teachers across Australia will hold an unprecedented nationalday of action on September 17 unless agreement can be reached with state treasurers overpay offers, the Australian Education Union (AEU) said today.
At a national meeting in Melbourne today, AEU representatives called on state treasurersto take a national approach to addressing teacher salaries and the national teacher shortage.
AEU federal president Pat Byrne said the meeting was called after insulting pay offersin NSW, Victoria, ACT and Western Australia following from a decision of state treasurersto cap pay rises at three per cent.
"Instead of talking about capping teachers' salaries with offers below the inflationrate, they should be discussing how they can attract more teachers to the profession andreduce class sizes," Ms Byrne said.
Of the states, NSW, Victoria and the ACT are likely to hold a 24-hour strike on September17 while the remaining states and territories are likely to use a national day of actionto run media campaigns and lobby the government.
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KEYWORD: TEACHERS ACTION
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