The way our current coalition government is treating teachers is appalling. What I find most disgusting is the government ran a surplus (they collected more in taxes than what they spent) over the last fiscal year. Yet they say they have no money to raise the pay of teacher aids. Locally we have teacher aids with specialized training to work with disabled students who have to take a second job to make ends meet.
Peoples Dispatch | May 29, 2019
As many as 50,000 teachers across New Zealand went on strike on May 29 to demand a pay hike and better working conditions. Members of education unions NZEI Te Riu Roa, which represents primary school teachers, and the Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA), which represents secondary school teachers, voted to jointly call the strike when negotiations with the Ministry of Education reached a deadlock earlier this month. This will be the largest teachers’ strike the country has ever seen.
The teachers are demanding a pay increase of up to 15-16%. Apart from increased wages, they are also seeking reduced workload, and more classroom resources. The teachers are also calling on the government to devise long-term solutions to address increasing underemployment in the teaching sector. The average wage for primary school teachers is about USD 47,980 a year, which equates to about USD 23 an…
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