Michael O'Reilly

  • Victorian teachers to strike

    The first negotiations between the state government and Victorian teachers following a 10,000 strong November 21 stop-work meeting bore no fruit according to a November 30 press release by the Australian Education Union’s (AEU) Victorian branch.

  • Victorian teachers offered sham agreement

    Victorian teachers offered sham agreement BY NORRIAN RUNDLE & MICHAEL O'REILLY MELBOURNE — After seven years of working under no certified agreement on pay and conditions, Victorian teachers have finally been offered one — but it

  • Victorian teachers stop work

    By Norrian Rundle and Michael O'Reilly On September 1, primary and secondary school teachers in the eastern half of Victoria stopped work. Schools in the western half of the state took stop-work action on August 18. The half-day stop-work on

  • Vic education fight in the balance

    By Michael O'Reilly MELBOURNE — When Victorian education minister Don Hayward, a former executive with General Motors, outlined his horrendous program of education cuts on November 20, the reaction from teachers, parents and students was one