Victorian Teachers' Strike: A Telling Indicator of Labor's Priorities The Australian Education Union (AEU) has resorted to industrial action for a second time in its bid to secure better pay and conditions for Victorian teachers.
The latest development – a 24 hour stopwork action scheduled for August 19 – underscores the state government's failure to deliver on its promises to educators.
The AEU's decision to escalate its campaign was inevitable, given the stalled pay negotiations. The union has chosen to flex its industrial muscle in an attempt to prod the government into making concessions.