New Zealand Teachers on Strike
New Zealand teachers have staged their largest strike in history, pointing to a crisis in their profession.
2 Articles by: Ross Webb
Ross Webb is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Victoria, Wellington, where he researches how organized labor in New Zealand responded to the political and economic change in the decades between 1975 and 1995. He is a committee member of the New Zealand Labour History Project.
The Strike Returns to New Zealand
Over the last year, New Zealand has seen tens of thousands of workers walk off the job, challenging the Labour government’s self-imposed austerity.