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<h2><span data-contrast="auto">On Monday May 1, NZEI Te Riu Roa began the Fair Pay Agreement process for kaiako and kaimahi (employees) in the early childhood sector by submitting an initial application to the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment. </span></h2>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">A Fair Pay Agreement such as this would aim to outline pay and working conditions across the sector.</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto"><b>Read the Term 1 edition of <i>School News</i> <a href="https://www.schoolnews.co.nz/latest-print-issue/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="0">HERE.</a></b> </span><span data-ccp-props="{";201341983";:0,";335559739";:160,";335559740";:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Over 5000 workers signed in support of a Fair Pay Agreement for ECE workers. If successful, the policy will cover over 30,000 early childhood teachers and employees.</span><span data-ccp-props="{";201341983";:0,";335559739";:160,";335559740";:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">NZEI Te Riu Roa early childhood representative Sandie Burn, who is a kindergarten teacher, detailed some of the changes the sector is seeking with the Fair Pay Agreement. </span><span data-ccp-props="{";201341983";:0,";335559739";:160,";335559740";:259}"> </span></p>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">“Pay parity, non-contact time, teacher-to-child ratios, recognition of the special skills and contribution of our teachers or te reo Māori, and health and safety are important issues for us all.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{";201341983";:0,";335559739";:160,";335559740";:259}"> </span></p>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Margaret Barclay, an ECE kaiako that has worked in the sector for almost 50 years, says this announcement could benefit the “diverse and fragmented” ECE sector. </span><span data-ccp-props="{";201341983";:0,";335559739";:160,";335559740";:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“I am aware of the wide range of working conditions and remuneration in ECE. Now is our opportunity to bargain which will help achieve quality early childhood education across the motu for every child out there.” </span><span data-ccp-props="{";201341983";:0,";335559739";:160,";335559740";:259}"> </span></p>

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