About 50,000 teachers on strike in New Zealand because of low salaries
About fifty thousand teachers from different schools in New Zealand have joined the nationwide strike, which became the largest since May 2019, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the 1News TV channel
According to the source, teachers are dissatisfied with their salaries and insist on their rise. At the same time, there is a shortage of teachers and other employees of educational institutions in New Zealand. In connection with the strike, about 800 thousand students have been sent to holidays.
In Auckland, the country’s largest city, up to nine thousand teachers have joined the strike. The head of the teachers' association, Chris Abercrombie, does not rule out that such protests will continue until the country's authorities agree to pay more to education workers.
New Zealand Education Minister Jan Tinetti, in turn, noted that she is disappointed with the current situation.
