After Michael Ferguson last week threatened to stand down nurses at the Mersey Hospital, Shadow Minister for Education Josh Willie today called on Jeremy Rockliff to rule out standing down teachers.
"The Government has today missed another deadline to get a fair pay offer to Tasmanian teachers," Mr Willie said.
"Tasmanian teachers work hard, with countless hours of overtime dedicated to getting students the best possible start in life. The last thing they need is the Government with a nasty habit of threatening stand downs.
"Michael Ferguson also last week took the extraordinary step of docking nurses pay. Jeremy Rockliff must immediately rule out using these aggressive tactics in Tasmanian schools.
"Tasmanian teachers deserve a pay rise. They don't deserve to be attacked and undervalued, on top of being faced with a real wage cut.
"Will the Deputy Premier distance himself from Michael Ferguson's bully-boy tactics, or will he fall in line like the Premier did in Parliament last week?"
Josh Willie MLC
Shadow Minister for Education and Early Years
