About 18,000 staff at schools in NSW and ACT will take industrial action over pay and conditions
About 18,000 teachers and support staff from 540 Catholic diocesan schools inand the Australian Capital Territory are preparing to strike on Friday over pay and conditions.
The industrial action follows a 24-hour strike three weeks ago by public school teachers in NSW. Those teachers have been concerned about a chronic teacher shortage and have demanded a pay increase above the 2.5% cap that’s in place on public sector wage rises.“Uncompetitive salaries, unsustainable workloads and crippling staff shortages have pushed them beyond their limits,” Northam said.
This week, one Catholic diocese offered a pay increase to school staff that exceeded the government’s 2.5% cap, but it didn’t come close to union demands.
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