Overview

• QTU members voted with 95 percent support in a ballot closed July 28 to halt work for 24 hours on August 6.
• Teachers rejected the Crisafulli government’s offer of a 3 percent backdated pay rise plus allowances as insufficient.
• The government referred the dispute to the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission for conciliation on July 28.
• The union has set a July 31 deadline for acceptance of the current deal and says further stoppages will be scheduled if it remains unchanged.
• Parents of about 570,000 state school students have been urged to keep children home while schools activate contingency supervision plans.