May 11, 2023
Green support for teacher strike
Posted On May 11, 2023
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Green Party spokesperson Teanau Tuiono says secondary school teachers are justified in their rolling strikes for better pay and conditions.
Green Party spokesperson Teanau Tuiono says secondary school teachers are justified in their rolling strikes for better pay and conditions.
PPTA members in the upper North Island are off work today, following similar actions in Te Waipounamu and the lower North Island on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr Tuiono says the pay offer from the Education Ministry doesn’t keep up with inflation.
“That’s not fair and also that leads to other sorts of issues around teacher shortages. If you’re not going to pay people well, people aren’t going to want to do the job,” he says.