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As a result of area school principals’ strong rejection of the offer to settle our collective agreement, the Ministry has made a second offer. We will discuss and vote on whether to accept it in the new year.

Come and join the country’s largest education union and work as a field officer working with NZEI Te Riu Roa members, including primary teachers, early childhood teachers, school support staff and special education staff.

Following the strong rejection by primary teachers of the first offer for the settlement of the Primary Teachers’ Collective Agreement at recent paid union meetings, your negotiation team met urgently last week with the Ministry of Education.

Librarian and Library Assistants' Pay Equity Claim Report

Initial Teacher Education (ITE) plays a vital role in our education system. A well-functioning ITE system is led by the profession, replenishes and refreshes the teaching workforce, and sustains the overall sector. Therefore, it’s important we get it right.

In 2012, aged care worker Kristine Bartlett, with her union E Tū, brought an Equal Pay Act case against her employer, Terranova Homes. Read about the case and the impact on pay equity claims.