PPTA focused on Palestine, not pay!

Judith Collins released:

We regret even more that the strike appears to be politically motivated by the unions.

What else could possibly explain that in early October, when we were trying to negotiate with the secondary teachers’ union, the number one item on their agenda for a meeting with Education Minister Erica Stanford was Palestine.

Palestine.  Not terms and conditions. Not student achievement. Not the new curriculum. Palestine. That’s not what students or parents should expect.

I wish I could say I’m surprised, but I’m not.