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The union is no longer acting for us teachers. I’m part of the 58 per cent who voted No

This morning, the Australian Education Union’s leadership was blindsided by the rejection of the in-principle agreement they struck with the Allan government. As a teacher in a public secondary school, with a daughter in a public primary school, the strength of the No vote was not a surprise at all.

The offer simply does not address the low pay and crushing workload that are driving teachers out of the profession and undermining the high-quality education Victorian students need and deserve.

We were told the pay rise would make us the best-paid teachers in Australia – despite leaving us well behind our colleagues in Western Australia. Even the more limited claim that we would catch up to NSW was fudged; all but two classifications would remain thousands of dollars behind, year after year. In real terms, the offer would barely bring us back to our 2021 salaries by 2030.

Union won't rule out more strikes as Victorian teachers reject pay offer

Negotiations will resume after teachers have rejected the Victorian government's pay rise offer of up to 32 per cent. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)

Victorian state school teachers have voted to reject a 28 to 32 per cent pay rise, despite their union reaching an in-principle agreement with the state government.

The Australian Education Union last month said it had secured a four-year agreement that included more student-free days, but teachers had been seeking a three-year agreement.

The union says it will likely have to return to the negotiating table with the government, and will not rule out the possibility of further strike action.

Victorian teachers reject 28pc wage deal in shock vote

Victorian teachers have rejected the Allan government’s 28 per cent pay rise offer in a shock decision that opens the door to strikes and school shutdowns in the lead-up to the state election in five months’ time.

Up to 60,000 Australian Education Union members voted 57.7 per cent against the proposed agreement, which Premier Jacinta Allan had trumpeted as making Victorian teachers the best paid in the country. Just 42.3 per cent voted in favour of the deal.

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