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Recent PPTA press releases - see the document library for more.
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Secondary teachers to vote on campaign action |
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August 4, 2010
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.
Negotiations broke down last week after members overwhelmingly rejected the Ministry of Education’s unacceptable offer, PPTA president Kate Gainsford said.
“The ministry continues to undervalue teachers and shows little indication it wishes to achieve a ratifiable settlement,” she said.
Members will be asked to consider a range of options, including industrial action, Gainsford said.
“We are at a critical stage in our campaign to protect public education and get a fair and reasonable deal for teachers and students.”
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Key’s savings position “astoundingly hypocritical” |
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August 17, 2010
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” coming at time when the Ministry of Education was refusing to budge on collective agreement claims that would make the system fairer for those signed up to the scheme.
Part of the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement (STCA) claim was an additional 1% employer contribution to Kiwisaver, which would restore a previous employment benefit to all secondary teachers, Gainsford said.
When the National government slashed the compulsory employer contribution to Kiwisaver to 2% to fund its tax cuts, this reduced a previous benefit that was available to all teachers – the 3% of the Teachers’ Retirement Savings Scheme (TRSS).
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PPTA breaks down negotiations |
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July 27, 2010
PPTA negotiators have walked from the bargaining table after 13 fruitless sessions, president Kate Gainsford said
“The ministry has had a month since members overwhelmingly rejected its unacceptable offer and it has come back to the table with nothing new – we are not going to waste members’ time and money talking about the same thing over and over, when there is little indication the ministry wishes to achieve a ratifiable settlement.”
Gainsford said the negotiating team had returned to the table, at the ministry’s request, hopeful that it had listened and understood the very real need behind the claims for the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement (STCA).
“However it now appears they have no will to address teachers’ concerns at all and continue to undervalue teachers,” she said.
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A black day for teaching – ministry offer rejected |
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June 30, 2010
PPTA members nationwide will dress in black tomorrow after overwhelmingly rejecting the Ministry of Education’s offer for the settlement of the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement (STCA).
The current agreement expires today and tomorrow teachers will wear black to signal their frustration and disappointment at the failure of the ministry to address their concerns, PPTA president Kate Gainsford says.
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Black Thursday, 1 July 2010 - Photographs from schools |
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The New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association / Te Wehengarua (PPTA) secondary teachers' collective agreement has expired and teachers around NZ are wearing black to signal their frustration and disappointment at the failure of the ministry to address their concerns.
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Report’s vision a “weird mix” |
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June 10, 2010
The newly released Vision for the teaching profession report is a “weird mix of gold and dross,” PPTA president Kate Gainsford says.
PPTA applauded the report’s emphasis on promoting teaching as a high status profession, attracting the best candidates for teacher education, high quality induction and mentoring for beginning teachers and ongoing professional learning, Gainsford said. “These are the kind of goals that underpin much of PPTA’s work, including our current position in the collective agreement negotiations.”
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