[English] o/t: Gov/AEU Agreement

[Robyn Kuchel]

The flat percentage increases will probably only just keep up with inflation. However the union has won significant wage increases by a career restructure. Hence the pay rises are uneven. There will be significant gains for leading teacher 1, experienced teachers 3, and graduate teachers and any teachers moving into these levels in the lifetime of the aggreement. Teachers at other levels will be compensated to some extent by one off cash payments. The other effect is to have a larger percentage rise first up - 4.9% immediately - so that the following 2.71% pay rises will have a compounding effect resulting in a greater dollar value.

Robyn Kuchel
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  From: Mary Mason 
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  I am sure there is confusion out there for all teachers. There appear to be contradictions. If the Government is right, then teachers at the end of this four years will have just kept up with inflation and they will again be worse off than the NSW teachers. Has anyone got better clarification than The Age or ABC which seem to be thoroughly confused?

  Mary

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  >>> stephen at melbpc.org.au 6/05/2008 7:26 pm >>>
  Victorian teachers to be nation's best-paid

  Farrah Tomazin May 5, 2008 - 11:33AM
  <http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/05/05/1209839508834.html>

  The education union has hailed a deal that will make Victorian teachers 
  the highest-paid in the country as the best deal for its members in more 
  than 25 years.

  The agreement between the State Government and the Australian Education 
  Union (AEU) resolves a 14-month industrial row, which included three 
  statewide teachers' strikes and weeks of rolling half-day stoppages.

  The unions had threatened to walk off the job from May 13 to 15, 
  disrupting during the first national literacy and numeracy tests. The 
  resolution of the industr! ial dispute means those tests are now likely to 
  go ahead without disruption.

  AEU Victorian branch president Mary Bluett said it was the best enterprise 
  bargaining deal for teachers that she had seen in 25 years with the union.

  11% rise for some

  However, there appears to be some contention over the increases announced 
  by Premier John Brumby and Education Minister Bronwyn Pike this morning.

  The Government says the deal will equate to a 4.9% pay rise in the first 
  year and 2.7% in the second and third years of the agreement.

  But the union believes some of biggest beneficiaries of the deal will get 
  between 8% and 11%.

  "It's a complex arrangement, but the least any teacher is going to get out 
  of this is somewhere between five and six per cent per annum,'' Ms Bluett 
  said.

  "This is the best outcome in terms of salary and career structure in my 
  history as a union official of 25 years standing,'' Ms Blue! tt said.

  Pupil-free days to stay

  A key sticking point in negotiations was the issue of pupil-free days, 
  which the Government had originally wanted to abolish.

  Under the new deal, three pupil free training days will be brought to the 
  start of the term and become professional training days and only one will 
  be held mid-term, in a bid to minimise disruption to parents.

  It also includes an exits strategy to remove disengage teachers from 
  classroom and find them new jobs.

  Secondary students will get an extra six days of tuition each year under 
  the deal, Mr Brumby said, describing it as a win for students and teachers.

  "A graduate teacher in Victoria currently earns $46,127 and under this 
  agreement will become the highest-paid graduate teacher in the country 
  earning $51,184, while an experienced classroom teacher will receive a 
  $10,000 pay rise to $75,500."

  Mr Brumby said the pay deal was consistent with the Government's wages 
  policy of a 3.25% rise every year, plus! increases off-set by service 
  improvement.

  State-by-state teacher salaries:

  Maximum for a classroom teacher 

  Victoria - 2007: $65,414, 2008: $75,500

  NSW - 2007: $72,454, 2008: $75,352

  Queensland - 2007: $69,225, 2008: $71,994

  South Australia - 2007: $68,422, 2008: $68,422

  West Australia - 2007: $67,446, 2008: $71,206

  ACT - 2007: $71,767, 2008: $74,279

  Northern Territory: 2007: $70,047, 2008: $72,849


  Graduate Entry 

  Victoria - 2007: $46,127, 2008: $51,184

  NSW - 2007: $49,050, 2008: $50,522

  Queensland - 2007: $46,950, 2008: $48,829

  South Australia - 2007: $49,605, 2008: $49,605

  West Australia - 2007: $44,618, 2008: $45,733

  ACT: 2007: $50,781, 2008: $50,781

  Northern Territory: $49,944, 2008: $49,944

  Source: Victorian Government 
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  Victoria, Australia
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