NZ teachers 持つ/拘留する country's largest education strike day before 'wellbeing' 予算

WELLINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of New Zealand teachers walked off the 職業 on Wednesday, a day before the 政府 発表するd its 'wellbeing' 予算, calling for higher 支払う/賃金 and shorter hours in the country's largest ever education strike.

Almost 50,000 第2位 and 最初の/主要な school teachers joined the strike, によれば their unions, の近くにing schools around the nation.

The strike (機の)カム a day before Jacinda Ardern's 政府 was 始める,決める to 解放(する) its first 'Wellbeing' 予算, which had been touted globally as a new approach to 会計の 決定/判定勝ち(する)-making guided by a broader 範囲 of 指示する人(物)s to 改善する New Zealanders' living 基準s.

Unions working on に代わって of teachers have been 交渉するing with the 政府 for months for 支払う/賃金 rises and 対策 to 減ずる workloads, but so far have ended in 行き詰まる.

"The 申し込む/申し出s we have received from the 政府 have not 演説(する)/住所d the 問題/発行するs our profession is 直面するing. They will not turn around the 危機 in education that is ぼんやり現れるing," said Lynda Stuart, the 大統領,/社長 of teachers' union NZEI Te Riu Roa, in a 声明 when the strike was 発表するd earlier this month.

文部大臣 Chris Hipkins said earlier this month when the strikes were 発表するd that the extra NZ$1.2 billion ($784.80 million) over four years in 支払う/賃金 rises on 申し込む/申し出 was the "biggest 申し込む/申し出 teachers have had in a 10年間" and told 無線で通信する New Zealand on Wednesday there was no more money for teachers' 支払う/賃金 in this year's 予算.

The strike スポットライトs the difficulties Ardern's 政府 直面するs in 配達するing on its 約束 to 注ぐ money into social services and rein in 経済的な 不平等 when it took office in 2017.

The 中心-left 政府's 伝統的な union support base says 不振の 行う growth and 急に上がるing living costs have left 労働者s struggling, with junior doctors, nurses and 法廷,裁判所 公式の/役人s taking 活動/戦闘 in the past year to 需要・要求する 支払う/賃金 引き上げ(る)s.

The 政府 on Tuesday was also g rappling said it was "切り開く/タクシー/不正アクセスd" に引き続いて the 早期に 解放(する) of some 予算 (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) by the 対立 国家の Party. The 大蔵大臣 said not all the 詳細(に述べる)s in the (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) was 訂正する. Police were 調査/捜査するing and the 国家の Party 否定するd 関与 in any 違法な activity. ($1 = 1.5291 New Zealand dollars) (報告(する)/憶測ing by Charlotte Greenfield Editing by James Dalgleish)

Sorry we are not 現在/一般に 受託するing comments on this article.