page_title: New Zealand Educational Institute
section_title: Strikes
hierarchical_section_title: New Zealand Educational Institute / Strikes
caption_attribution_description: English: Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, at NZEI Te Riu Roa strike rally on the steps of Parliament 15th August 2018. Labour Party deputy leader Kelvin Davis looks on.
context_page_description: The New Zealand Educational Institute is the largest education trade union in New Zealand. It was founded in 1883 and has a membership of 50,000.
context_section_description: The NZEI has struck four times since it was founded in 1883.
  In 1991 members struck (unsuccessfully) as part of wider industrial and union action against the Employment Contracts Act 1991, which lead to significant changes in New Zealand employment relations.
  Members struck in 1994 and 1995 to successfully achieve pay parity with the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA), their colleagues in secondary schooling. This related pay scales to the teachers' qualifications.
  Members struck in 2018 as part of the negotiation round with the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand. Rallies and marches were held in the major cities. In 29 May 2019, the NZEI and the PPTA stage a mega strike demanding higher salaries, rejecting the Government's three-percent pay rise offer.
  On 26 June 2019, primary school teachers voted to accept the Government's NZ$1.5 billion collective agreement. Key provisions of the collective agreement include a new pay scale, raising all teachers' base salaries by 18.5% by July 2021, and making Q3+, Q4, and Q5 teachers eligible for a new top salary of NZ$90,000. However, primary principals have rejected the offer, regarding the government's offer as insufficient.
  On 26 July, the New Zealand Educational Institute's early childhood teacher members voted to accept a collective agreement with the Ministry of Education that will put early childhood education teachers' pay on par with primary and secondary school teachers. As part of the terms, early childhood education teachers will receive a pay rise of at least 18.5% by July 2020, NZEI members will receive a lump sum of NZ$1,500, and there will be an increase in the head and senior teachers' allowances, and a new top step of NZ$90,000 for teachers. While the NZEI negotiates on behalf of all early childhood teachers in New Zealand, union members only make up 12.5% of the early childhood workforce in this country.
caption: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at NZEI Te Riu Roa strike rally on the steps of parliament 15 August 2018
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