More than 50,000 Queensland teachers went on strike on August 6, demanding better pay and more classroom resources.
More than 4000 teachers attended the main stopwork meeting at the Queensland Convention Centre that morning, before rallying through the city streets. More than 30 regional actions took part across the state.
Teachers have been negotiating since February for a new enterprise agreement, as the current one expired on June 30.
Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) President Cresta Richardson said on June 20: “We have a massive teacher shortage crisis; we have members burning out, making up the shortfall with unpaid overtime, we have rising violence and aggression — and now we have an offer that acknowledges none of that!”
The QTU is the first public sector union to strike since the Liberal National Party (LNP) government was elected in October. The LNP budgeted just 3.5% for wage rises across the whole public sector — not remotely enough to maintain living standards after a period of high inflation and where the cost-of-living crisis continues.
Teachers voted on August 6 to take another 24-hour strike action at a date “to be determined” if the LNP does not raise its offer.
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