TEACHERS from some Canberra Catholic schools will walk off the job alongside NSW public school teachers today (June 30) in protest over pay and staff shortages.
It’s the first time teachers from government and Catholic schools have taken strike action together.
The NSW Teachers Federation and the Independent Education Union NSW/ACT are calling for a pay increase of 5 to 7.5 per cent per year as well as cuts to paperwork, reduction of face-to-face teaching time by two hours per week and an end to staff shortages.
The 24 hour teacher strike comes just a day before a two-week school break.
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