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The stoppage highlighted a growing mood of militancy among key sections of the working class, and the attempts of the unions to politically-neuter and suppress this emerging movement.
Among teachers, health workers, aged care staff and broader sections, there is a mood of opposition and a desire to fight back. These oppositional sentiments do not find the slightest expression in the official federal election campaigns of the major parties or the media.
The decision was reached after the warring groups agreed to end their disagreement.
Public school teachers are beset by chronic staff shortages, an average of more than ten hours unpaid work a week, pupil overcrowding and inadequate infrastructure.
Tension is mounting between unions and the NSW government this morning, with teachers at a school in Sydney...