State school teachers have accused the Australian Education Union of being too close to the Andrews government to effectively advocate for the profession.
on Wednesday and the Reserve Bank forecast inflation would rise to 7 per cent by the end of the year.sought to capitalise on positive public sentiment and teacher shortages, waging a campaign of strikes, you have denied us our right to strike, as we had previously voted to do, and delivered us the weakest EBA [enterprise bargaining agreement] we can remember receiving,” the letter continued.
The pay rise for state school staff is well below the current inflation rate of 5.1 per cent and the 7 per cent annual pay rise initially sought by the union. “If the union took an approach that actually advocated what teachers want, I’m sure I’d join again and pick up the role as president,” he said. “But at the moment, it’s very hard to join their fight when I don’t believe in their fight.”
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