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NZEI and Ministry head to Employment Relations Authority
Friday, 2 November 2018, 4:33 pm | NZEI
Primary teachers' union NZEI TE Riu Roa and the Ministry of Education are set to begin facilitation on Monday, 5 November at 10.30am, in an attempt to make progress on collective agreement negotiations for primary teachers and principals. More >>
ECE teacher crisis a casualty of 10-year funding freeze
Monday, 29 October 2018, 12:28 pm | NZEI
The acute shortage of early childhood education teachers is a direct result of 10 years of Government underfunding in the sector says NZEI Te Riu Roa. More >>
Teachers and principals vote for rolling strikes
Thursday, 25 October 2018, 9:33 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa principal and primary members have overwhelmingly voted in favour of national rolling strikes in the week starting November 12. More >>
New teacher supply and demand model welcome but flawed
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 1:35 pm | NZEI
New teacher supply and demand model welcome but flawed - and too late to stop teacher shortages next year More >>
Education workers optimistic about Pay Equity Amendment Bill
Tuesday, 16 October 2018, 3:33 pm | NZEI
As the Equal Pay Amendment Bill has its first reading, a 12-year struggle for pay equity will also draw to a close for Education Support Workers, who will be receiving their first payslips with pay increases of up to 30% today. More >>
Early childhood teacher shortage severe
Monday, 15 October 2018, 4:02 pm | NZEI
The union representing early childhood teachers has added its voice to ECE employers’ call to Government to do more to reverse a teacher shortage in early childhood services. More >>
Teachers set to vote on strike action
Monday, 15 October 2018, 1:05 pm | NZEI
Primary teachers and principals are set to begin voting tomorrow on whether to undertake a week of strike action in November. More >>
Steps to fix teacher shortage are welcome but...
Sunday, 14 October 2018, 1:42 pm | NZEI
Steps to fix teacher shortage are welcome but class sizes and pay must be addressed to keep teachers More >>
Plan to put teachers on skills shortage list proves crisis
Friday, 12 October 2018, 11:28 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa says that proposals to put early childhood and primary teachers on the immigration skills shortages list are an acknowledgment the teacher shortage has reached crisis point. More >>
The Govt has the power to avert potential strike action
Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 2:01 pm | NZEI
The Government has the power to avert further potential strike action if it improves its collective agreement offers to primary teachers and principals. More >>
Big surplus shows Government can end education crisis today
Tuesday, 9 October 2018, 3:15 pm | NZEI
The large surplus announced by Treasury today shows the Government has the room it needs to end the crisis in education today. More >>
Teachers decide to hold second strike ballot
Monday, 1 October 2018, 6:11 pm | NZEI
Teachers and principals will vote in the first week of Term 4 on whether to hold a national week of one-day strike actions in November, NZEI Te Riu Roa announced today. More >>
NZEI 3pm announcement delayed
Monday, 1 October 2018, 1:17 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has delayed its 3pm announcement on the next steps in the Kua Tae Te Wā campaign. Last week, primary teachers and principals, who are in the middle of collective agreement negotiations, overwhelmingly rejected offers from the Ministry ... More >>
Under-payment for some, and low pay issues rife in ECE
Monday, 1 October 2018, 10:21 am | NZEI
A survey of early childhood educators reveals some are earning below the minimum wage, others are paid below the already low minimum rates for the sector, and widespread low-pay across the sector. More >>
Big decisions on agenda at NZEI conference
Saturday, 29 September 2018, 6:45 pm | NZEI
Two major announcements are planned at the NZEI Te Riu Roa conference on Monday October 1. More >>
Primary teachers and principals vote to reject offers
Wednesday, 26 September 2018, 3:19 pm | NZEI
Primary teachers and principals have resoundingly rejected the Government’s latest collective agreement offers. More >>
NZEI welcomes plan to support vulnerable children
Friday, 21 September 2018, 1:27 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming the Government’s plan for a Learning Support Coordinator in every school to work with our most vulnerable children and to get them the support that they need as part of a draft disability and learning support action plan published ... More >>
Growing parental concern about teacher crisis
Thursday, 20 September 2018, 8:45 am | NZEI
Public concern about the teacher shortage remains strong - and has grown among those with primary-aged children - along with support for a significant teacher pay rise, according to new research. More >>
Teachers welcome return of democracy at Teaching Council
Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 2:32 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa says teachers will welcome the return of their democratic right to elect members of the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (formerly Education Council). More >>
Support Workers ratify pay equity settlement for education
Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 8:37 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is pleased to announce on Suffrage Day, the ratification of the pay equity settlement for 329 Education Support Workers who work for the Ministry of Education. More >>
