Around 8,000 university and polytechnic staff across New Zealand walked off the job on Wednesday afternoon, striking over pay and job security in what the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) described as a coordinated industrial action unprecedented in scale. The strike ran from 1:15pm to 5pm, with union leaders saying no employer had offered wages that kept pace with inflation.
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Tertiary Education Union
New Zealand trade union representing tertiary education staff