Teachers protest at Wright's office

Correna Haythorpe says the SA Govt will keep hearing of teachers' dissatisfaction (ABC News) Audio: Australian Education Union official Correna Haythorpe hopes the protest will force a new pay offer. (ABC News) There has been a protest by state school teachers outside the electorate office of South Australian Industrial Relations Minister Michael Wright. Australian Education Union president Correna Haythorpe says more than 100 pre-school, school and TAFE staff rallied because a pay offer to teachers is inadequate. She says more protests are planned unless the Government commits to improving working conditions and salaries and removes the student-centred funding model for schools. "We are planning to take rolling stoppages from the middle of next term so the onus is on the State Government to come to the table to avert that... [read full story]