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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.

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ABC News: IRC hearings continue in Qld teachers dispute

There has been a hiccup at the start of today’s Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) hearing in Brisbane into the Queensland teachers pay dispute.

Today’s hearing could hold the key to resolving the bitter dispute between the State Government and the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU).

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Green Left Online: Qld teachers still prepared to strike

The Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) is assessing a new pay offer put forward on July 24 in the Industrial Relations Commission by the Anna Bligh state Labor government.

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ABC News: Qld teachers vote to stage 24-hour strike

Queensland’s state school teachers will go on strike for 24 hours over its pay dispute with the State Government.

More than 37,000 teachers will strike next Tuesday, May 19.

The State Government has been in talks with the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) over a new enterprise bargaining agreement, which has expired.

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