Vol. 74/No. 43 November 15, 2010
New Zealand: Teachers protest cutbacks |
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Militant/Baskaran Appu
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AUCKLAND, New ZealandSix hundred teachers and supporters turned out October 30 for a march and rally called by the New Zealand Educational Institute, the union that organizes 44,000 junior school and preschool teachers. Marking World Teachers Day, the action supported the unions campaigns against government education policyespecially funding cuts that will result in the loss of teachers jobs and increases in fees for workers sending their children to preschools. PATRICK BROWN Front page (for this issue) | Home | Text-version home |