Victoria teachers plan further strikes in term 2

Insights

• AEU demands a 35% pay increase over three years while the government offers 17% plus a 1.5% overtime allowance.
• A council of 120 AEU delegates authorised a rolling campaign of strikes and work bans if no acceptable offer is made.
• Proposed action would target one of 17 school districts at a time and include refusals to attend meetings and to write report card comments.
• Some sub-branches are pushing for repeat 24-hour statewide strikes and a total ban on producing reports.
• Education officials and the union will keep negotiating through the Easter break with the minister saying he wants a fair deal.