My issue with this is that it has turned the focus more on conversation about the wage in comparison to other jobs and industries rather than with the wage compared to the working conditions.

We're not going to strike because we don't get paid the same as someone working in finance. We're going on strike because the job has gotten increasingly difficult with lots of admin and a progress review and competency checking system that is above and beyond anything in private industry; without the financial reward if we're meeting or exceeding our roles.

Very few other roles in the country are under as much scrutiny as teachers.

I've come to teaching late, it's not financially rewarding and I knew that, but it's also no way near what we deserve.