NSW public school teachers will walk off the job for the second time in five months on Wednesday
will go ahead with a planned strike on Wednesday despite an 11th-hour plea from the government for the union to delay action until after the June budget.long-running concerns over wages and conditions
While each of the unions have different demands, at the heart of the complaints is the government’s longstanding 2.5% wage cap for public servants. “The premier has made it clear in comments that he’s made that the government is looking at the wages policy as part of those budget considerations, and therefore I would like IRC determinations to be made after the budget,” she said.
“What I have said is that we are working through all of the industrial issues across the NSW public service and doing it in a holistic way,” Perrottet said.Sign up to receive the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning
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