Teacher pay dispute to drag on as negotiations stall in wake of strike
Negotiations between the Victorian government and the Australian Education Union have stalled following a large-scale strike by 20,000 teachers. The union is demanding a 35 percent pay increase and improved working conditions, including smaller class sizes.
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The ongoing dispute highlights significant tensions in the public education sector regarding teacher compensation and workload, threatening further industrial action.
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Share A A A Negotiations over a fresh pay deal between the state government and public school teachers are at a stalemate following high-profile industrial action which saw some 20,000 striking teachers take to the streets on Thursday.
With no meetings scheduled to resolve the deadlocked dispute, the prospect of further strikes as well as bans on teachers responding to department emails, working unpaid overtime and hosting Labor MPs at schools remain in place.
Victorian branch president Justin Mullaly earlier this week. Ruby Alexander Both the Australian Education Union and the government told The Age they were open to meeting but, as of late Friday, neither had approached the other.
The union’s Victorian branch president Justin Mullaly is juggling a range of competing expectations from within the union membership.
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