Could The Queensland Teacher's Strike Continue?

With Queensland Teachers on strike today (Wed, 6th August), could it go on for longer and what do listeners think of the strike and the impact on families?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now, of course teachers struck today. There has been massive
rallies in Brisbane. Last night was rather interesting. We were
talking about it on the show about you know, what
you were planning to do and everything else. Now, I
think for one of the schools that the boys went
go to, only forty nine students turned up, which was
out of that six hundred, so that was rather impressive
that only forty nine turned up. They had it organized

(00:20):
so that they've been in the big hall, but because
only forty nine turned up, they went to one of
the other smaller areas. I think they had four teacher
raids or something like that. So the supervision factor was
going to be interesting today. So we were talking about
it on the show yesterday afternoon and I received a
voicemail message from a teacher here on the Gold Coast
last night who gave us a bit more of an

(00:40):
insight into the reasons why they are striking and also
what was planned for today.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
Have listen hi, Moira, I'm a teacher. You probably haven't
got a lot of teachers ringing up because we're not
allowed to speak publicly with code of conduct. But tomorrow
there is a rally in Brisbane for all of the
union members. Non union members have to go to work,
and that's a directive. They face losing their job if

(01:06):
they don't, or they have to produce a medical certificate.
As a union member, we are not allowed to go
to work, and if we do, we are not covered
by the union. I also want to make it very
clear that us striking, we don't actually get paid for
the day. And I know the media has been going

(01:27):
on about it being a money thing, but it's not
actually a money thing. It's really more about the conditions,
the violence that we're copying in schools from students as well,
so there's a lot to it, but it's not certainly
not just about the money. But us striking tomorrow, we
lose a day's pay, so it can hit a lot
of people quite hard. Both my husband and I are

(01:49):
teachers too, so we actually lose two days pay. And
they are talking about this could go on for three day,
like a three day strike, but it won't be in
the same pay cycles. Will be in a couple of
weeks if it has. You can share this on the radio,
but please don't mention my name. Keep it anonymous.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Interesting though, that she said it could go on for more.
And then also, and this is not the first teacher
who's spoken out today as well about the violence that
they're they're getting from students, which I thought was, you know,
that's part of the other reason everyone always thinks the
strikes about, you know, they just need more pay and
everything else. But seeing online today a lot of people

(02:28):
supporting the teachers, we'd love to hear from you if
you are a teacher on the Gold Coast, you know,
if you know anything more as well, so that we
can share it with the Gold Coast. We have anonymous
from Runaway Bay Anonymous, are you well, y'all can ask
you for a teacher or not? Because you're anonymous? That
makes sense.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
No, I'm not a teacher, and I want to say
I'm really annoyed at these teachers going on strike. I
understand they have a hard job, but a lot of
people have hard jobs. A lot of people.

Speaker 4 (02:59):
Come again violence, They come and against customers that are
nasty to them. And these people don't go on strike
and disrupt families lives like these teachers have today. And
they're complaining that they don't.

Speaker 5 (03:16):
Get paid either. Do they realize that they're getting paid
for six weeks while they're on Christmas holidays. I think
that maybe they've just been a little bit greedy. Everybody
in Australia need to pay rise. Everyone is struggling, everyone's copying,
you know, high inflation and so forth. But you don't

(03:37):
see everybody striking. This strike today has caused so much
disruption to families. And all this lady can say is, oh,
my husband and I are both teachers and neither risk
got hoe today. They're on a lot of money already.

Speaker 2 (03:57):
Okay, thank you.

Speaker 1 (03:58):
We need to ask for European years this afternoon, so
thank you. Anonymous from Runaway Bay.

Speaker 2 (04:02):
All right, well let's go to Oxen for another anonymous.
What do you what do you think?

Speaker 6 (04:07):
Yeah, look, just wanted to point out a couple of things.
You know, the average the average salary for a teacher
is about one hundred grand most likely plus after you know,
five or six years, the one grande hundred and twenty.
But and this is and they only got a paid
rise a year ago, and they made them second highest
paid in Australia. And then my next question is Queensland

(04:30):
students ranked second last in math, science and English, so
please explain where the kpies are. Wow, and so like
I'm happy like if they were, if if queens and
students were top of the pops in maths, science and
English play and turning ground a year. But I have
a problem with asking for a pay rise when we're

(04:50):
second last.

Speaker 1 (04:51):
Okay, thank you very much, Anonymous from Oxenford.

Speaker 2 (04:55):
I think it's definitely ruffled a few feathers on both
sides the day, isn't it.

Speaker 1 (04:58):
I didn't even think that people would be questioning it,
but I guess that's your opinion as well. So we
are happy to hear it. Not necessarily agree with it,
but hear it.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
Floren big trim for the driver one day, not tomorrow.