2026-03-23
The Victorian Greens stand with Victorian public school teachers who are striking tomorrow calling for better pay and better conditions.
On Tuesday an estimated 10,000 (or more) teachers across Victoria will stop work for the first time in 13 years, demanding better pay and better support for public schools.
It comes after Labor deferred meeting their SRS funding requirements, effectively cutting $2.4 billion from Victorian public schools funding. SRS funding pays for teacher and education staff salaries.
A Greens-initiated parliamentary inquiry into the education cuts is currently underway with the second set of public hearings to be held this week.
Victorian public school teachers are also the lowest paid in the country and paid significantly less than their counterparts just across the border in NSW.
Quotes attributable to Leader of the Victorian Greens, Ellen Sandell.
“To all Victorian public school teachers, the Greens stand with you. It takes courage to walk off the job and stand up for your rights.
“The fact that Labor is choosing to funnel billions of dollars into prisons but won’t pay our teachers properly says everything about Labor’s priorities.
“While every other state and territory in the country is on a path to meeting their SRS funding requirements, Victorian Labor is going backwards.”
Quotes attributable to Victorian teacher and Victorian Greens Candidate for Northcote, Campbell Gome:
“It’s an insult for Victoria to be called ‘the education state’ when Victorian teachers are the lowest paid, and our schools the lowest funded, in the country.”
“As a teacher, I know that every dollar denied has a direct impact on Victorian students. Labor’s cuts means less support, fewer resources, and worse outcomes. Teachers’ working conditions and student learning conditions are one and the same, all we’re asking is to be paid fairly for this work.”
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