Australian Teachers Protest Wage Cuts and Austerity
Teachers in Tasmania have held stoppages to protest stagnant pay and poor working conditions, joining a growing wave of unrest among educators and public sector workers nationwide.
This movement is marked by recent strikes in Queensland, where teachers held their first strike in 16 years, and in Victoria, where kindergarten educators struck for the first time in over a decade.
- Queensland teachers voted down a state government pay cut offer.
- Victorian kindergarten educators struck for the first time in over a decade.
- Tasmanian public school teachers joined rolling strikes over pay and working conditions.
Across the country, educators are facing below-inflation wage offers, lack of resources, heavy workloads, and staffing crises, driving many out of the profession.
Intensifying discontent among educators and other public sector workers nationally.
Author's summary: Teachers protest wage cuts nationwide.