Thousands of teachers from New South Wales (NSW) public and Catholic schools have taken to the streets of Sydney in a joint strike to urge the government to improve pay and condition.
It is the third time the teachers walked off their jobs in six months, and the first time in 25 years that the NSW Teachers Federation and the Independent Education Union NSW/ACT representing Catholic school staff have joined forces.
The NSW Teachers Federation is calling for a pay rise of between five and 7.5 percent to keep up with the cost of living, rejecting the government’s three percent pay rise offer….