NZEI Te Riu Roa
New Zealand’s teachers demand better pay and working conditions
Teachers had rejected the recent government offer on pay rise, arguing that it neither accounts for the decline in real wages, nor offers solutions to the understaffing and underfunding of schools
50,000 teachers take part in New Zealand’s largest education strike
Unions say that low pay and lack of equity are significant contributors to the escalating teacher shortage and increasing class sizes.
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