Posts by Rebecca Matthews-Heron
Seeking wage justice
There are exciting times ahead for education workers in female-dominated roles with low pay. Following the $2 billion provision in the budget to settle the ground-breaking Kristine Bartlett case for 55,000 caregivers, momentum is building for equal pay in education. Talks for the NZEI Te Riu Roa education support workers’ case with the Ministry of…
Read MoreSeeking wage justice
There are exciting times ahead for education workers in female-dominated roles with low pay. Following the $2 billion provision in the budget to settle the ground-breaking Kristine Bartlett case for 55,000 caregivers, momentum is building for equal pay in education. Talks for the NZEI Te Riu Roa education support workers’ case with the Ministry…
Read MoreTeacher aides join the fight
There are exciting times ahead for education workers in female-dominated roles with low pay. Following the $2 billion provision in the budget to settle the ground-breaking Kristine Bartlett case for 55,000 caregivers, momentum is building for equal pay in education. Talks for the NZEI Te Riu Roa education support workers’ case with the Ministry of…
Read MoreOn the march for equal pay
NZEI members are first up in mediation with the Government over the right to equal pay for work of equal value. Rebecca Matthews-Heron reports. Progress towards equal pay looks to be within grasp of some groups of women workers, and support workers employed by the Ministry of Education could be among the first to…
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