Australia: Union in talks to call off Queensland teacher strike

by E Wayne Ross on August 3, 2009

ABC News: Union in talks to call off teacher strike

The IRC ordered the Queensland Teachers Union and the State Government into arbitration to resolve their long-running wage dispute

The IRC ordered the Queensland Teachers Union and the State Government into arbitration to resolve their long-running wage dispute. (ABC News)

The Queensland Teachers’ Union has begun talks with members about calling off plans for a 48-hour strike in central Queensland schools next week.

The Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) this afternoon ordered the union and the State Government into arbitration to resolve their long-running wage dispute.