Hello, from Carolyn.

Hello everyone,

Stopwork action Tuesday 24th March- check Sentral for a notification.

I'm sure you all have seen information in the news about members of the Australian Education Union negotiating with the state goverment and the Department of Education for improvements to pay and employment conditions.

Negotiations have been occurring over the last seven months. Currently, Victorian public schools are the lowest funded in Australia and there are significant staffing shortages across Victoria. Victorian public school teachers are also the lowest paid teachers in Australia, with many education support employees and school leaders paid less than their colleagues in other state and territories who do the same role. AEU members are seeking pay increases and reductions to excessive workloads, with the aim of ensuring the retention of existing employees and the attraction of the next generation to enable the ongoing provision of a high-quality education to students.

The union has called a statewide 24-hour stopwork for Tuesday 24 March. We will have 20 staff absent on Tuesday 24th March. As a consequence, no students are required at school on Tuesday. Please make sure you respond to the Sentral notification to let us know you have received the stopwork message.

Thank you!

warm regards,

Carolyn.

Student free dates to add to your diary!

May Thursday 28th

May Friday 29th

November Wednesday 25

December Friday 18

School banking details.

Westpac.

Bendigo Violet Street Primary

BSB: 033-688

Account number: 93-1292

Payment reference: use your surname and fees.