Wellington, June 7, 2019
A full-day meeting between teacher unions and the government yesterday (Thursday, June 6, 2019) was aimed at finding a solution to deadlocked collective agreement negotiations for both primary and secondary teachers.
The Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) is refusing to make any comment other than to say it has cancelled next Tuesday’s planned strike affecting Year 10 students.
Education Minister Chris Hipkins has said in a statement that there was constructive progress in yesterday’s talks.
Mr Hipkins called the meeting following last week’s first-ever nationwide joint strike by is nearly 50,000 Primary Teachers and Principals and Secondary Teachers.
Union members started rolling secondary school industrial action this week, refusing to teach Year 9 students on Tuesday.
They were due to continue each Tuesday for four weeks affecting a different year group each week.
–Published under a Special Agreement with www.rnz.co.nz
