More than 100 Queensland Catholic faculties can be hit with strikes subsequent week because the Independent Education Union ramps up a concentrated marketing campaign to demand higher pay and situations.
More than 4000 Catholic academics and assist workers will stroll off the job for one hour on Wednesday, August 23, hitting a number of the state’s most prestigious faculties, together with All Hallows’ School and Stuartholme School in Brisbane.
IEU Queensland and Northern Territory department secretary Terry Burke stated the strike motion was a “last resort” to push Catholic faculty employers to the negotiating desk.
“There’s a workload crisis for teachers in our schools but the employers don’t want to talk about it,” he stated.
“Catholic school support staff haven’t seen a change in their wage structure in over 30 years but the employers don’t want to talk about it.
“Next week’s action is about telling Catholic school employers to reconsider their approach and return to the bargaining table with proposals that address these outstanding employee concerns.”
The strike in Queensland will comply with a rally exterior NSW Premier Chris Minns’ workplace on Wednesday from the NSW and ACT department of the union.
IEU members are pushing the Premier to extend instructor pay after rejecting what they termed an “insulting” provide to state faculty academics earlier this month.
The Minns authorities proposed lifting baseline salaries for state faculty academics 12.2 per cent from a present base of about $75,000 to $85,000.
Teachers with seven years of service would see their pay soar 8 per cent from about $113,000 to $122,000.
IEU NSW/ACT department secretary Mark Northam stated the state faculty pay provide instantly influenced how a lot Catholic academics might get in their very own negotiations.
“The consequences for state school teachers in NSW immediately affect teachers in Catholic systemic schools across NSW,” he stated, noting that whereas the pay scales had been completely different, the “top and bottom” had been the identical.
“They are inextricably woven together,” he stated.
“It (the pay offer) directly impacts what our members can achieve.”
Mr Northam stated the provide was a “significant uplift” however it could not be sufficient to deal with the sector’s widespread shortages.
“It is a necessary uplift if you want to reposition it (teaching) as a profession comparable to other like professions,” he stated.
The afternoon rally follows an IEU e mail petition that delivered practically 3500 emails to Mr Minns and NSW Education Minister Prue Car.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
