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Education funding must be inflation-proof for our tamariki
Educators are calling on the National Party to explain how cuts to education spending in real terms at a time of significant pressure on tamariki will not further compromise their…
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Worrying trend in pool of reliever teachers continues
Primary school principals are warning the disruptions to children’s learning will continue this term, with new analysis from NZEI Te Riu Roa showing the chronic shortage of relief…
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Historic move by teachers in private early childhood centres
For the first time, early childhood teachers working in privately owned centres have approached their employer to initiate bargaining for a collective agreement.
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NZEI Te Riu Roa submits on Fair Pay Agreements legislation
NZEI Te Riu Roa has delivered its oral submission in support of the Fair Pay Agreements Bill, outlining how it will benefit workers and improve the quality of early childhood…
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Seventy-nine percent average pay increase for kaiārahi i te reo in proposed pay equity settlement
Ko ngā Kaiārahi I te reo e whiwhi mahi ana ki roto I ngā kura o Aotearoa, koina ngā Kaiārahi ka kitea kua whiwhi he mana koiora, he mana taurite, a, koina hoki te mihi ki ngā ...
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NZEI Te Riu Roa seek feedback on unified pay proposal
NZEI Te Riu Roa is looking forward to members’ response to a Council of Trade Unions’ proposal to negotiate a unified pay agreement between public sector unions and the Government.
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Pay equity win for school administrators
School administrators are set to receive a momentous pay increase, recognising the historical undervaluation of their work, should a proposed pay equity settlement be approved...
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Budget of two halves for tamariki
New Zealand’s largest education union says there are a number of pleasing aspects of this year’s Budget but it is frustrating to see no long term commitment to fixing the issues...
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Pay equity claims go to mediation
NZEI Te Riu Roa will enter mediation with the Ministry of Education this week regarding its pay equity claim for kaiārahi i te reo and school administrators.