Pay Parity Back Pedal A Kick In The Teeth For ECE Kaiako

Pay Parity Back Pedal A Kick In The Teeth For ECE Kaiako

“Driving down wages means more teachers walking away, and it’s our tamariki and their whānau who will pay the price. We can’t gamble with their futures by short-changing the very people who shape them," says Early Childhood Education, Benjamin Doyle.

Pay parity back pedal a kick in the teeth for ECE kaiako – Green Party

The Government’s latest move to unwind the ‘pay parity’ regime carefully negotiated between government and the sector is a kick in the teeth for already undervalued and underpaid kaiako. “Make no mistake, this is a move by the Government to ensure that pay increases for teachers stay low, while cutting costs to employers,” says the Green Party spokesperson for Early Childhood Education, Benjamin Doyle (they/them). “Today, the Ministry of Educati…