Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Govt, teachers look for common ground in pay row
The ACT Government and Canberra’s teachers will try to sort out their differences over a pay dispute today.
The Government and the Australian Education Union will meet face-to-face for the first time today since industrial action by teachers last week.
The Government has made two offers to teachers, including a 3 per cent pay increase, or a 4 per cent increase with New South Wales conditions.
But the union says the first option is too little and the second would mean job losses.
Teachers have already held a half-day strike and are planning rolling stoppages over the next few weeks.
Education Minister Katy Gallagher says she is considering using the new federal industrial relations laws if the dispute is not resolved by the time the legislation is enacted.
Canberra’s independent schools are also facing industrial action over a pay dispute with teachers.
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