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Class sizes would shrink to a maximum of 20 students at all year levels under the union’s log of claims, down from current maximums of 26 at primary level and 25 in secondary schools.
The 7 per cent request is at odds with the Andrews government’s decision to tighten its wage policy in the May budget so public servants’ annual wage increase would drop from 3 per cent (including wages and entitlements) to 2 per cent from January.
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Goodwill remains between the two parties but the union has grown frustrated at the government’s failure to make an official offer despite 50 negotiation meetings dating back to December the equivalent of about seven a month and the existing workplace agreement expiring in April.