ABC Newsonline: ACT teachers urged to consider NSW pay package
ACT Education Minister Katy Gallagher has urged teachers to consider an offer to have the same pay and conditions as New South Wales teachers before next week’s planned industrial action.
The strike was called when the Government offered teachers a 9 per cent pay increase over three years when teachers have been seeking 12 per cent.
Ms Gallagher says the offer would deliver the pay rise the teachers are seeking but would require secondary teachers to work face to face in the class room from two extra hours a week.
She says she will put the offer in writing to the Australian Education Union (AEU) today but the strike will have to be called off before talks can proceed.
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