29 Mar 2022

Early childhood sector a step closer to fair pay agreements

From Lately, 10:25 pm on 29 March 2022
Nursery babies playing blocks toy with teacher in kindergarten

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Most of the early childhood education sector is operates without collective agreements, but a bill introduced to parliament today is set to change that with fair pay agreements.

The agreements would form the baseline for negotiations - protecting wages and conditions. 

Early Childhood teacher and spokesperson for NZ Educational Institute Virginia Oakly explains the difference this will make to the sector.

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