The trade union of teachers (MUT) and the government agreed on a new collective agreement for teachers. Teachers will not be getting any increase to their basic pay, but will instead see their income increase through the improvement of allowances that they receive during the year. Educators all receive a Class Allowance with every pay slip, and a Work Resources Allowance every three months. The proposal sees the cumulative total for these allowances double in the short-term, and more than triple by 2027, when the collective agreement would be up for re-negotiation.
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