Protest and pressure as strikes sweep the country

Protest and pressure as strikes sweep the country

A week today, New Zealand classrooms will sit empty and hospital wards will fall silent as an estimated 100,000 teachers and medical staff walk off the job, again. The country has recorded at least 22 official work stoppages this year, with many more rolling or unreported strikes which have brought public services to a crawl. However, the strike action next week is shaping up to be the largest in decades, billed as a ‘mega strike’. Among others,…