A planned strike by staff and teachers at Tasmanian public schools due to happen later this week has been called off today.
AEU Tasmania say Friday’s teacher stop-work action has been ‘paused’ after the State Government has agreed to improve its Teachers’ Agreement offer.
Schools are set to remain open on Friday as a revised teacher offer is finalised, according to the education union.
“It should not have taken a planned walk-off and strong union action for the Government to deliver students what they desperately need,” said AEU Tasmania President David Genford.
“We will now carefully consider the revised offer and determine whether the promised in-class support measures help meet the needs of educators,” he added.
The Government earlier this week called the strike ‘deeply disappointing’, saying the AEU’s actions will “disrupt student learning at a critical time of year, as well as disrupting families and businesses right across Tasmania.”
The now cancelled stop-work action was planned for Friday 10 March 2023 from 1.30pm.
