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“Our executives have come together today, and we considered what the best way forward is for our members and students,” she said. She would not clarify whether community backlash had caused the last-minute change, but said the QTU had spoken with the Education Department on Friday. The decision comes after negotiations on wages and work conditions between the department and union broke down last week, when state school teachers shot down the government’s offer. The QTU said the majority of members had their say in the poll, which delivered a 67.6 per cent ‘no’ vote. The union had previously announced the three-week timeframe because arbitration was expected to begin in December, however, QTU and the Education Department had failed to agree on which matters would be up for debate, pushing out the starting date to December 30.
