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Actions speak louder than words minister - PPTA
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 9:50 am | PPTA
Education minister Anne Tolley will have to put her words into actions if her speech to PPTA’s annual conference is to be more than empty rhetoric, PPTA president Kate Gainsford says. More >>
President’s address – PPTA committed and united
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:44 am | PPTA
President’s address – PPTA committed and united Tena Koutou, Tena koutou, Tena koutou katoa Greetings to you all More >>
Industrial action to be discussed at PPTA meeting
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 2:59 pm | PPTA
PPTA members will be updated with plans for further industrial action at next week’s annual conference, PPTA president Kate Gainsford says. More >>
The average NZer is a 5’6” hermaphrodite – PPTA
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 11:16 am | PPTA
Education minister Anne Tolley is misleading and mischievous in her use of statistics – particularly when it comes to teachers’ salaries, PPTA president Kate Gainsford says. More >>
PPTA response to Ministry's 'accuracy' claims
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 9:13 am | PPTA
New Zealanders are getting inaccurate, misleading messages about this year’s secondary teachers bargaining, the Ministry of Education said today. More >>
Tomorrow’s strike not a rest day – PPTA Manawatu
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 5:33 pm | PPTA
Tomorrow’s strike will not be a rest day for secondary teachers in Manawatu and Wanganui, says PPTA regional chair Rob Torr. More >>
Boards: Donate strike savings to Canterbury
Monday, 13 September 2010, 4:29 pm | PPTA
As teachers countrywide prepare for a day of action to mark Wednesday’s strike, PPTA is calling on boards of trustees to donate teachers’ wages saved to Canterbury’s quake relief fund. More >>
PTA calls off strike in Canterbury
Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 1:10 pm | PPTA
In a gesture of goodwill for communities in quake-stricken Canterbury PPTA has called off next week’s strike in the region. More >>
PPTA offers support for Canterbury colleagues
Monday, 6 September 2010, 4:31 pm | PPTA
PPTA president Kate Gainsford has pledged the association’s support for colleagues affected by Saturday’s quake in Canterbury. More >>
Conference to tackle critical issues
Monday, 6 September 2010, 3:05 pm | PPTA
Public, private partnerships, disruptive behaviour and the role of the New Zealand Teachers Council, are just some of the issues teachers will be tackling at PPTA’s 2010 annual conference. More >>
Govt not listening to teachers or parents
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 5:09 pm | PPTA
“The strike action secondary teachers are taking on 15 September is as much about frustration with the Ministry of Education’s lack of engagement as anything else,” says PPTA president Kate Gainsford. More >>
Teachers’ vote overwhelming
Monday, 30 August 2010, 1:58 pm | PPTA
At paid union meetings last week secondary teachers voted overwhelmingly to: More >>
Key’s Savings Position “Astoundingly Hypocritical”
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 4:53 pm | PPTA
After taking an axe to Kiwisaver and leaving retiring secondary teachers in the lurch, John Key’s government is now considering making the scheme compulsory. PPTA president Kate Gainsford described the move as “astoundingly hypocritical”. More >>
Secondary teachers to vote on campaign action
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 3:53 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers throughout the country will be attending Paid Union Meetings (PUMs) on August 24 and 25 to decide the next step in PPTA’s collective agreement campaign. More >>
PPTA Breaks Down Negotiations
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 3:29 pm | PPTA
PPTA negotiators have walked from the bargaining table after 13 fruitless sessions, president Kate Gainsford said. “The ministry has had a month since members rejected its unacceptable offer and it has come back to the table with nothing new" More >>
Report’s vision a “weird mix”
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 4:58 pm | PPTA
The newly released Vision for the teaching profession report is a “weird mix of gold and dross,” PPTA president Kate Gainsford says. More >>
‘Where’s The Plan? – Online Video Asks
Sunday, 6 June 2010, 2:32 pm | PPTA
A new animated video clip has been added to PPTA’s Dimming.co.nz website. The interactive site was launched earlier this year, highlighting the savage 80% cut to night class funding. More >>
2010 Budget: Staffing threat withdrawn but no real
Friday, 21 May 2010, 3:28 pm | PPTA
Teachers and parents who have been angered by the $50 million staffing cuts signalled in last year’s Budget will be relieved that the threat has been withdrawn, PPTA president Kate Gainsford says. More >>
Secondary teachers scapegoats for NZQA blunder
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 3:52 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers are being asked to pick up the tab for NZQA’s mistakes – a situation PPTA president Kate Gainsford says is unacceptable. More >>
Work Needed To Bridge Gap Between Claims
Monday, 3 May 2010, 11:14 pm | PPTA
Both PPTA and the Ministry of Education presented claims for the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement (STCA) today, but it will take some work to bring the two together, PPTA president Kate Gainsford says. More >>
