Paid union meetings to be replaced by online ballots
Thursday, 21 March 2019, 9:00 am Press Release: NZEI
Paid union meetings to be replaced by online ballots
following terrorist attacks 21 March 2019
Primary
teachers and principals will now vote in online ballots
about whether to accept the Ministry's latest collective
agreement offers, following the cancellation of this week's
paid union meetings.
The NZEI Te Riu Roa National
Executive decided on Sunday to cancel the meetings as a mark
of respect to the 50 people killed in the terrorist attack
in Christchurch -- and so members could be in their schools
this week to provide continuity and stability for their
students.
After discussions with member leaders in
Christchurch, the National Executive decided last night to
run an electronic ballot from Monday 1 April to Friday 5
April. We think this is the least disruptive way for
members to respond to the Ministry's current offers.
Next
week's nationwide paid union meetings for Area School
teachers have also been cancelled for the same
reasons.
Area school teacher members will now hold joint
site meetings after school with their PPTA colleagues to
discuss and vote on endorsing their claim for upcoming
collective agreement negotiations.
NZEI Te Riu Roa members work in every community in New Zealand, leading and advocating for quality public education.
We are the 50,000 principals, teachers and support staff who work in primary, area and secondary schools as well as early childhood centres, special education and school advisory services. We come together as NZEI Te Riu Roa - New Zealand's largest education union, a Treaty based organisation and a powerful advocate for quality public education.
We have the most important job in New Zealand - educating for the future.
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