The Government condemns the Australian Education Union’s latest attempts to disrupt student’s education and inconvenience parents.
Our message to the Union is clear – there is a fair and affordable payrise of 6 per cent over three years on the table. Stop disrupting students and parents and call off the action announced as a media stunt today.
The Government is negotiating on improved employment conditions and arrangements which means that we can keep the budget in balance and are able to address issues such as workload and class sizes that have been raised by the Unions.
Let’s be very clear – the AEU is attempting to close schools and disrupt families in pursuit of a bigger payrise. The onus is on them to have a re-think and realise that parents do not want their children’s learning disrupted by Union action.
Our six per cent payrise over three years allows us to employ 250 more teachers around the state over the next six years. That’s a good plan for teachers, for teacher workload and for students.
This action once again shows the hypocrisy of the Unions, and the Labor Party who continue to support disruption to essential services. Which part of closing schools and disrupting students' education is ‘negotiating in good faith’?
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