HUNDREDS of teachers across the Tweed Shire walked off the job as part of an ongoing statewide pay dispute with the NSW Government.

Stop-work meetings were held at the Murwillumbah Services Club and the Twin Towns Services Club as the strike took place over two hours on November 1.

A spokeswoman from the North Coast NSW Teachers Federation said there was an overwhelming response from teachers in the region.

"Across the North Coast we had 13 venues hold stop-work meetings," the spokeswoman said.

"There was overwhelming support in rejecting the Government's 2.5% offer.

"At the Tweed Heads meeting over 165 teachers showed up and there was an equally good response in Murwillumbah."

Teachers Federation President Bob Lipscombe said after the stop-work meeting thousands of teachers across NSW overwhelmingly rejected the O'Farrell Government's proposed cut to the real incomes of teachers employed in public schools.

"It is clear that over 99% of teachers have rejected the proposal which would put teacher incomes on a downward spiral.

"This is at the very time when the O'Farrell Government needs to maintain professional and attractive salaries if it is to have any hope of ensuring that it is able to attract and retain the many thousands of new teachers who will be needed in the next few years to replace the retiring baby boomers ," Mr Lipscombe said.

"No parent will thank the O'Farrell Government if it succeeds in making teaching such an unattractive proposition it becomes impossible to ensure there is a qualified teacher in their child's class.

"Teachers have demanded the Government immediately make a fair and reasonable offer on salaries."

A North Coast NSW Department of Education spokesman said parents were made aware of the stop-work action prior to the event and were encouraged to contact their school for information.