TEACHERS at Catholic schools across the Wagga diocese will walk off the job for three hours on Tuesday as negotiations between them and their employer reach a critical impasse.
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According to the union representing the teachers, the Independent Education Union (IEU), the Catholic Schools Office has shifted the goal posts radically with a new agreement tabled to teachers.
The agreement proposes significant deregulation - right down to removing set guidelines on lunch break lengths and class sizes - in schools, according to IEU assistant secretary Mark Northam.
"Catholic systemic schools are in good shape - they're a great model," he said.
"We think to deregulate them won't enhance teaching or learning."
The initial proposed agreement was delivered to the IEU in April, which Mr Northam said represented a "significant departure" from previous versions.
"We'd never seen the document before," he said.
As part of the industrial action, rallies will be held in Wagga, Griffith, Leeton and Albury.
The Advertiser approached the Wagga Catholic Schools Office for comment but calls were not returned.
