Teachers strike

The Green Party says it supports teachers striking in today's "necessary" nationwide strike. The party's education spokesperson Teanau Tuiono urged the ...

The work is often demanding and underpaid," he said in a media release. "Today's strike is necessary because previous offers from the Government have not been enough. "While they may be valued by many of us, they have not been valued by the Government.

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Schools and kindergartens around the country are closed as teachers and principals take to the streets to call for better pay and work conditions. The 50,0.

“Where are our rights as parents to say no to teacher strikes? Other strike locations include Fraser St, Bethlehem shops between roundabouts on the Countdown side, Chapel St across from entry to Briscoe and Domain Rd in Pāpāmoa. I’ve stood where they’re standing today, in the past.” Primary teachers, kindergarten teachers and principals were offered a $4000 pay increase followed by another 3 per cent or $2000 (whichever is greater). They need education,” she said. I have also been a teacher and a principal. I’ve stood where they’re standing today, in the past”. This was my life’s work. And so I absolutely know and value the work that you do. However, a spokeswoman for the Christchurch City Council said the march would follow the footpath of Oxford Terrace in the city centre and so traffic would be as normal. Schools and kindergartens around the country are closed today as teachers and principals take to the streets to call for better pay and work conditions. - Schools and kindergartens around the country closed as teachers and principals take to the streets to call for better pay and work conditions.

It comes after last-minute attempts to find an agreement between unions and the Government failed. Teachers are demanding pay rises that reflect inflation, ...

The industrial action will be carried out by the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PTPA) and the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI), which have combined ...

"Despite best efforts, the ministry and NZEI Te Riu Roa have not reached an agreement to avoid the primary school teachers' one-day strike planned for Thursday. [that matched inflation](https://www.hcamag.com/nz/specialisation/benefits/inflation-is-stressing-out-employees-hr-leaders-say/405959), which in New Zealand is at 7.2% in the 12 months to December 2022, according to [Stats NZ data](https://www.stats.govt.nz/news/annual-inflation-remains-at-7-2-percent/#:~:text=The%20consumers%20price%20index%20increased,in%20the%20June%202022%20quarter.). [the second time](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/131499911/by-the-numbers-why-teachers-are-walking-off-the-job-on-thursday) that educators will hold a strike after carrying out one in May 2019, where around 50,000 primary and secondary teachers also walked off the job after rejecting pay improvement packages from the government. [provide additional sick leave](https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED2303/S00017/kindergarten-teachers-striking-for-better-conditions.htm), scrap the pay cap for relief teachers, and pay recognition of kaiako Māori and head and senior teachers. The industrial action will be carried out by the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PTPA) and the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI), which have combined members of up to 66,000. Around 50,000 educators will be holding a nationwide strike on Thursday after unions and the government failed to see eye to eye on a new collective agreement for teachers.

Let's be completely honest – all that is being asked for and all that is being offered are band-aids to haemorrhaging problems in education.

That takes far more money, that takes a Government with the courage to tax the fucking rich more so that excellent public education continues to be the egalitarian pillar of New Zealand. We need to nurture an education environment that respects Teachers and resources them properly because our Schools are central hubs within our community that can and must be utilised and supported more. Let’s be completely honest – all that is being asked for and all that is being offered are band-aids to haemorrhaging problems in education.

The Education Minister says she's committed to reaching a deal with striking teachers. Thousands of primary and high schools and kindergartens will be ...

The NZ Post Primary Teachers' Association - PPTA and the NZ Educational Institute - NZEI will be rallying at Tauranga Racecourse at 9.45am. Following speakers ...

About 50,000 teachers and principals are expected to walk off the job in what’s shaping up to be the biggest teaching strike since May 2019. The New Zealand Post-Primary Teachers' Association Incorporated is a NZ trade union and professional association. It was founded in 1883 and has a membership of 50,000. - Kindergarten teachers want more paid sick leave than the 10 days in their contracts. In Auckland, teachers will march from Fort St to Aotea Square from 11am. The NZ Post Primary Teachers' Association - PPTA and the NZ Educational Institute - NZEI will be rallying at Tauranga Racecourse at 9.45am.

Teachers are walking off the job after almost a year of negotiations over pay and conditions. Here's what you need to know.

- Kindergarten teachers want more paid sick leave than the 10 days in their contracts. / Pānuitia tēnei i te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā ki [konei](http://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/te-reo-maori/300830328/porot-pouako-motu-ng-whakaritenga-o-te-r-nei--hei-aha-hoki). But they all want salary offers which meet inflation and encourage educators to stay in the industry. In Tauranga, teachers will be marching to Education Minister Jan Tinetti’s office. In particular: In Auckland, teachers will march from Fort St to Aotea Square from 11am. [Ministry of Education requests last ditch talks to avert primary teachers' strike](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/131487145/ministry-of-education-requests-last-ditch-talks-to-avert-primary-teachers-strike?rm=a) ['Crying out for help': Principal says more funding needed to support primary schools](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/300828459/crying-out-for-help-principal-says-more-funding-needed-to-support-primary-schools?rm=a) [6.7% pay rise over two years](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/300758064/secondary-teachers-to-strike-in-term-1-after-rejecting-disappointing-pay-offer?rm=a). [new primary school teachers](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/131487145/ministry-of-education-requests-last-ditch-talks-to-avert-primary-teachers-strike)and a 7.6% increase for highest paid primary teachers. [held urgent last-minute talks](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/131487145/lastditch-bid-to-avert-primary-teachers-strike-fails)with primary teachers to prevent their strike action, but those failed. [here](https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/te-reo-maori/300830328/porot-pouako-motu-ng-whakaritenga-o-te-r-nei--hei-aha-hoki).

More than 30,000 primary, secondary and kindergarten teachers are on strike today after rejecting Education Ministry offers on their collective contracts.

We’ve got a huge amount a huge amount of diverse needs with our tamariki, our akonga, and our communities. In secondary schools, there is a huge amount of pastoral care on top of all the academic stuff so it’s time to teach, time to lead, time to give the extra support,” she says. NZEI Te Riu Roa executive member Raewyn Himona says they’re striking because the education system is in crisis, with under-staffing and under-resourcing of schools across the sector.

Thousands of teachers are striking across the motu on Thursday after a meeting between the Government and the union representing primary school teachers ...

The strikes were organised by the Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) and New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) after talks with the Ministry of ...

The strike is only the second time primary and secondary school teachers have walked off the job on the same day, and the first time kindergarten teachers have joined them. Teachers have rejected a $6000 pay rise over two years and, for primary teachers, $1300 in one-off payments and 15 more hours per term of classroom release time. About 50,000 primary, secondary and kindergarten teachers are on strike, calling for more resources to do their jobs and pay rises that keep pace with inflation.

I normally welcome support for teachers and education but I think the public is being misled and the situation in education in New Zealand is so much worse than ...

A significant number of our teachers also do not work particularly hard and do enjoy the full 12-week holidays. It offers nothing in terms of improving qualifications and performance. A very significant number of our teachers are underqualified - especially primary school teachers in maths and science. A strike just adds to the cynicism. Why not fund schools on attendance rather than a mythical roll number? The main problem for most union teachers is that the offer is weighted for new teachers.

Chronic staff shortages and mounting student need have pushed their profession to crisis point, say striking teachers.

And it makes all the difference to ... “Many of us have many of these children in our classes. and we get over $100 less pay.” “All of the things we're asking for cost money, but let me ask you this. "If you're there because you love it ... A police car even sounded its siren momentarily as around 10 speakers spelled out to the crowd how they, and students, were suffering under a "chronic shortage" of staff amid mounting student need. “We can work one day as a teacher in the kindergarten, and the next day we work as a reliever in the same kindergarten ... Most of these tamariki do not qualify for funding, or receive very little ... “If we can solve some of the issues in schools we can help a whole generation as they go out into society,” she said. It was critical to support children with conditions like dyslexia and autism, who were “perfectly capable of being functional in every way in society with the right help”. “We all have children like this in our classes,” the primary school teacher said. About 500 school and kindergarten teachers and primary school principals packed the Church Steps in Nelson calling for better pay and working conditions in a profession many described as “at crisis point”.

Nearly 50000 New Zealand teachers walked out of classrooms on Thursday, demanding better pay, conditions and resources at a time when the centre-left Labour ...

Register for free to Reuters and know the full story "We know it's been a really tough time for teachers over the last couple of years, as it has been for everybody, but my heart goes out to them," Minister of Education Jan Tinetti, a former teacher, told state-owned 1News. Teachers, traditionally a key voting base of the Labour government, are the latest public servants to walk off the job demanding more money for themselves and for their schools as costs escalate in New Zealand.

Primary and secondary school teachers - a 50000-strong workforce - have walked off the job for the day.

The Ministry of Education met with NZEI on Tuesday in a last-minute bid to find an agreement. They're upskilling on the weekends and after school so why would it be attractive if we're getting hardly any pay for it?" "Our reo Māori speakers are doing it in their own time. "Today’s action and any further action is about making a stand for the quality and future of secondary education in Aotearoa New Zealand." In a statement, the acting president of the Post Primary Teachers’ Association, Chris Abercrombie, told 1News the PPTA "cannot rule out further industrial action until we have real assurances that the Government is open to improving its offer for the settlement of the collective agreements". Teachers from across the country have taken to the streets today to protest the pay and working conditions in their profession.

Nadia Nawaaz teaches at Western Heights Primary Schoo, and she's one of 50,000 teachers and principals on strike today. Photo credit: RNZ / Supplied.

Around 50000 teachers in New Zealand went on strike on Thursday, after union talks with the Ministry of Education aimed at improving salaries and conditions ...

The cost of living has become a major political issue in New Zealand as the government struggles to keep a lid on inflation. Teachers "want to send a message to the government about how serious we are about needing change", said Mark Potter, president of the [Teachers ](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/education/)demanding better pay waved placards declaring "can't afford the dentist" and "too poor to print good signs" as the one-day strike forced kindergartens as well as primary and secondary schools to close across the country.

The strikes were organised by the Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) and New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) after talks with the Ministry of ...

The strike is only the second time primary and secondary school teachers have walked off the job on the same day, and the first time kindergarten teachers have joined them. Teachers have rejected a $6000 pay rise over two years and, for primary teachers, $1300 in one-off payments and 15 more hours per term of classroom release time. About 50,000 primary, secondary and kindergarten teachers are on strike, calling for more resources to do their jobs and pay rises that keep pace with inflation.