teacher strike
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Industry Voices
Teacher aides welcome pay equity negotiations
"These negotiations will give us the opportunity to build on the offer last week of a Living Wage as the…
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Administration
School support staff to demand fair pay in week of action
Ally Kemplen, an Auckland teacher aide on the NZEI Te Riu Roa pay equity negotiation team, said the mood amongst…
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Administration
Area school principals settle on Ministry offer
All teachers and principals in the compulsory schooling sector have now ratified their collective agreements.
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News
History waits: pay delay lawsuit, principals shun MoE, NZEI speaks out
It’s been a rocky road for the education sector. How will the Accord work for teachers? How can schools with…
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Administration
Primary and intermediate principals vote to accept new offer
The settlement will ensure primary, intermediate and secondary principals of similar-sized schools will receive the same base salary, across key…
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Administration
Last min offer for primary principals
Could this be the winner? A union vote will decide by August 26.
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News
Novopay promises July lump sum payments
"I was counting on this money for my deposit. My bank will not allow me to place an offer..."
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Administration
Teachers unions to take legal action against Novopay
While the government has plans to replace Novopay, teachers are still waiting for the pay increases they fought to win.
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News
Primary principals vote to boycott MoE
"There is a huge range of Ministry work and initiatives that relies on the goodwill of principals. This action is…
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News
Teachers accept offer, urge Accord progress
Optimistic about the accord and pay progress, each of the three key parties have released their official statements on the…
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News
Offer steps up for area school teachers
The settlement comes after area school and wharekura teachers joined with their primary and secondary colleagues in the largest education…
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Administration
Primary principals may cut ties with Ministry
Boycott threats, protests in Auckland and handwritten letters to the Ministry have dominated headlines this week as primary principals fight…
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Administration
Unions back new offer, split teacher opinion
Union members will receive a lump sum and teachers will receive around a 3% pay rise by 2021.
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Administration
New offer on the cards? Union silence has teachers on tenterhooks
While we were all waiting with baited breath to find out whether NZEI would announce a member vote on rolling…
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Events
Not good enough: strikes & negotiations to continue
Following the mega-strike: PPTA announced rolling strikes for the foreseeable future, NZEI has yet to announce its next move (but …
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Administration
I’m worried. I’m terrified. I’m striking for our future.
21 years ago, when I first started, it mattered to actually teach.
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News
To teachers, with love
Very soon you’ll be striking. Thank you for being not only her teacher, but mine. For providing knowledge and enabling…
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News
Mega-strike calls government money bluff
Teachers, families and low-income workers agree teachers should earn a fair wage. Can the biggest teacher strike ever achieve this?
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Education
Education minister grilled on mega-strike, ‘no more money’, Francis Report
As negotiations relaunch, this groundbreaking mega-strike has the nation on the edge of its seat.
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Industry Voices
NZ Parents stand strong in support of teachers’ strike
A number of parents on the group have children with additional learning needs and have expressed their concern about the…
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Administration
Area schools vote on whether to join strike
There are 136 area schools in New Zealand. Most are kura kaupapa Māori or wharekura, in rural areas, or urban…
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News
Education ministry: There are ways we can address workload
There are ways to address teacher workloads that do not require more money and teachers' claims of a crisis cannot…
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Administration
NZEI and PPTA to ballot members on joint strike action
... on whether to take joint strike action on 29 May.
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Administration
Primary teachers and principals reject latest offers
“We will be going straight back to talk to the Government with that message - that it’s time to get…
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Administration
Nationwide teacher meetings postponed as mark of respect
She said there would be children in Christchurch and all around the country who would find the attacks disturbing or…
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