{"id":559869,"date":"2026-03-23T22:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/559869\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:43:10","slug":"school-closures-rally-updates-and-parent-guide-during-the-states-first-government-school-strike-in-13-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/559869\/","title":{"rendered":"School closures, rally updates and parent guide during the state\u2019s first government-school strike in 13 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The union is asking for a 35 per cent pay rise over the next four years, counter to the government\u2019s offer of 17 per cent across the same period. When asked what figure would get workers over the line to stop striking, Mullaly said educational professionals would \u201cexpect an offer that will value their work\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should ask, as the workforce, for what we think we\u2019re worth,\u201d he said. \u201cWe think we\u2019re worth 35 per cent, but it is a negotiation, and at the moment, we\u2019re engaged in negotiations, and we will continue to do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we want is an offer that really values us. What we have are national benchmark salaries that the government\u2019s current offer goes nowhere near.<\/p>\n<p>Related Article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/victoria\/allan-pleads-with-teachers-to-abandon-tuesday-s-strike-20260323-p5rnzp.html\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"sc-cba76dee-0 hdiTqm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amanda Kay, whose son John is a student at Albert Park Primary School, is supportive of the teacher strike.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/31b7732b99f3363e319806f993e3e06abb8aebb1.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ioInpc\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re deeply sympathetic about the impact (striking) has on children, on families, and we would actually prefer to be at work today. We want to be in front of classrooms, supporting children\u2019s learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the government hasn\u2019t done enough, and they need to understand how strongly the profession feels about getting pay increases that support their needs, and also workload relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mullaly said the community was supportive of teachers\u2019 efforts, but further strike action could be possible if today\u2019s action didn\u2019t resolve the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The union is asking for a 35 per cent pay rise over the next four years, counter to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-559869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}