Kindergarten teachers cry tears of happiness after new pay offer
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- 06 Apr 2023
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The Educational Institute will ask its kindergarten teacher members to vote on an improved pay offer next month.
It said the potential deal included five more sick days per year than the previous offer from the Education Ministry.
The union said the offer made yesterday included the pay rise kindergarten and school teachers previously refused - $4000 from December last year, with a further $2000 or three per cent in December this year - but with the addition of a third pay rise in December 2024.
The union said, in total, the three increases would raise kindergarten teachers' pay by 11-14 per cent, and their top pay rate would increase from $90,000 to $100,000.
The spokesperson for the union's negotiating team, Virginia Oakly, said the increased sick days were "huge" for the union's members.
"Covid really hit us hard and has really knocked our teachers around because we're exposed to everything, all illnesses are going through our kindergartens," she said.
"So what we've got on the table is an offer of 15 days which is an increase of five days from the 10 that everyone gets. That's huge for us, that's really enormous, and that really does show the recognition of the illnesses that we are exposed to."
Oakly said the offer also included 100 allowances of $5000 a year each for kaiako Māori. Read More…
