US EditionQueensland Teachers to Hold Strike for the First Time in 16 Years
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, JUL 29 – Queensland teachers voted 95% in favor of a 24-hour strike to demand better pay and urgent improvements to working conditions including addressing shortages and violence.
- On July 28, teachers belonging to the Queensland Teachers' Union decided to undertake a 24-hour protected strike on August 6, affecting all 1,266 public schools in the state.
- The strike follows months of negotiations where the government offered an 8% pay rise over three years plus minor allowances, which teachers rejected due to unresolved concerns about workloads and staff shortages.
- QTU president Cresta Richardson highlighted issues including occupational violence, growing class complexity, excessive compliance, and teacher shortages across Queensland, stressing conditions are as important as pay.
- The strike ballot saw 95% of nearly 37,000 voting members approve the action, with roughly 570,000 students expected to be affected on August 6, making this the first teacher strike in 16 years.
- The government plans limited school operations during the strike and affirms student safety as its priority while union leaders warn the strike signals an extreme crisis in the education system.
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Queensland teachers to strike over shortages, wages
Queensland public school teachers have voted overwhelmingly to take protected industrial action for 24 hours on August 6 to pressure the Liberal-National government to deliver on its promises to address the teacher shortage crisis. James Phillips reports.
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