This week St francis of Assisi teacher’s went on strike on Wednesday.
This is because the teacher’s are not happy with the government. The government is not paying the teacher’s enough money, and a problem with this is that there a less people becoming teachers.
The teacher’s are also stating that they want more time in the classroom. They have said that they want the time to talk with the student’s about things like their weekends. Teachers have also said that they have 40% in the classroom and 60% on paperwork. They think that the government should give them less paperwork so they can do things like talk with the student’s about there weekends.
So on Wednesday the teacher’s refused to work, so the government refused to pay them on that day. That is why my school and maybe your school if you go in New Zealand would have had Wednesday off.
If you had Wednesday off, what did you do on Wednesday?
On the Wednesday of the strike I was in Cathedral Square at the rally then marching around town with one of the four groups of teachers. While NZEI, our union, are campaigning for a pay rise in order to attract new teachers, you are right in saying that we as teachers really want more time to teach and improve the quality of the education that we can deliver.
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