Public school teachers in NSW accept three-year pay rise deal

ABC NEWS (Australia)

New South Wales teachers have secured an eleventh-hour pay deal, heading off industrial action in the state. The union has negotiated a 10 per-cent pay rise, cost-of-living bonuses, more student-free days and the right to disconnect after 3pm.

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00:00It's a range of hard-fought concessions along with a pay increase of 10% now

00:07that's going to be 3% each year over three years as well as a top-up of

00:12superannuation by half a percent in years one and two but that pay

00:16increases by no means where this deal ends. There's actually been a lot of

00:19concessions around what life looks like for teachers at work and that includes

00:25more pupil free days now eight pupil free days this was seen as a key victory

00:30to ensure that there were more there was rather more time for teachers to prepare

00:36classrooms and classroom lessons stuff that maybe isn't seen by students or

00:41their parents but of course is essential to preventing a burnout and of course to

00:46retaining stuff however the Teachers Federation of New South Wales says their

00:51battles are by no means over now they want to focus on picking up more funding

00:56for public schools right across the state to the tune of more than a

01:00billion dollars. This is the opportunity for the Prime Minister to step up for

01:05Anthony Albanese to give our schools the best chance to be that Prime Minister

01:09our public schools deserve. All we want is the best outcomes for our children no

01:14matter how poor or wealthy they are no matter where they're located throughout

01:18the country our children matter we want Anthony Albanese to join us in that

01:23commitment to ensure that this this nation's public schools and its students

01:27get the best chance in life. So that's Henry Regendra there from the New South

01:33Wales Teachers Federation. Another material consequence of this deal has

01:38also been in the eyes of the state government that they've had improving

01:42retention rates of teachers overall and that their classrooms are better staffed

01:47of course right across the country though each jurisdiction is also

01:51competing with others not just to retain its staff within its own state or

01:54territory but also to potentially poach or entice teachers where there are

01:58shortages right across the workforce so these material consequences and if New

02:04South Wales is able to pull teachers from other states and territories that

02:08remains to be seen.

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