Teachers strike

NSW Teachers Federation president says Dominic Perrottet 'did nothing' to improve 'uncompetitive salaries and unsustainable workloads'

We want to take some time now to see how the headline works through in the miniature. “Yet, he did nothing.” He said there needed to be a systemwide reform of the way nursing levels were calculated for different settings and called on the government to frontload its onboarding of additional staff to ease the pressure of fatigued nurses. Among the biggest winners in the budget were women, with a host of major investments in early childhood education and care totalling $16.5bn over the decade. Public and Catholic school teachers in New South Wales will strike next week after the state government handed down its budget on Tuesday including the already announced 3% lift to the public wage cap, which the NSW Teachers Federation and the Independent Education Union say will act as a cut to real wages. Parts of the budget, including a plan to bolster the healthcare workforce, were welcomed by the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association, but the acting assistant general secretary, Michael Whaites, said they needed more information before a planned meeting with members next week.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has urged educators to “act reasonably” ahead of the planned teachers strike on June 30. Public and Catholic school teachers ...

“The reality is that most people across our state will not be having pay increases. “I think it’s their responsibility to act reasonably and consider everyone across the state. NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has urged educators to “act reasonably” ahead of the planned teachers strike on June 30.

Thousands of NSW teachers will strike next week after the state budget failed to deliver an improved pay offer. Unions representing public and Catholic ...

Members of both unions will rally outside parliament in Sydney as well as in regional NSW towns and the ACT. Unions representing public and Catholic school teachers met on Tuesday as the NSW budget was handed down, announcing they would strike for 24 hours on June 30. Thousands of NSW teachers will strike next week after the state budget failed to deliver an improved pay offer.

"The government has failed students, and continues to fail students and the teaching profession," NSW Teachers Federation president Angelo Gavrielatos said. It ...

Advertisement These strikes are politically motivated (and).. they're not happening in any other Labor state," Mr Perrottet told 2GB on Tuesday. Advertisement Advertisement "In the context of a strong and growing economy, this two-year increase to wages is an affordable and sensible policy," he said. "We are the only state in the country that has pay increases of up to three per cent.

NSW public and Catholic school teachers are set to stage a historic joint 24-hour strike on June 30 and rally in Macquarie Street in Sydney.

“The reality is that most people across our state will not be having pay increases. We’ve led the way on wages and have come up with something that’s fair and reasonable,” Perrottet said, citing Victoria’s 1 per cent wage increase. “This action speaks to the crisis in which we find ourselves,” NTF President, Angelo Gavrielatos, said.

Teachers in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory are going to strike on June 30. Both public and Catholic school teachers will walk off the ...

Unions could be hit with dramatically increased fines if healthcare staff and teachers choose to walk off the job as planned next week after the NSW ...

“We are constantly short-staffed. The massive fines for unions would also impact a planned teachers strike next Thursday in which both public and Catholic schools planned to walk off the job in a historic joint action. Unions could be hit with dramatically increased fines if healthcare staff and teachers choose to walk off the job as planned next week after the NSW government announced emergency measures to quash “the year of the strike”. The announcement comes only days before hundreds of nurses and midwives announced they planned to walk off the job for 24 hours on Tuesday due to a “sheer lack of government support”. Unions could face massive fines of up to $55,000 if healthcare staff and teachers walk off the job next week in a bid to quash “the year of the strike”. Minister for Finance and Employee Relations Damien Tudehope announced the NSW government would introduce penalties on industrial strikes of up to $55,000 for the first day of action and $27,500 for each following day.