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Ryan Bridge: Teachers deserve a pay rise
I can't see what the problem is with teachers getting a pay rise.
If that sounds weird, it's because it's the union complaining.
The union that's always saying teachers are undervalued and underpaid doesn't want the pay rise. They're actually going to take legal action to try and stop it happening.
It's upside down day today folks.
The primary teachers' union is dragging out their collective bargaining (9 months and counting). So in the meantime, old mate Sir Brian Roche is offering non-union teachers employed on individual agreements up to an extra 4.7% within 12 months.
2.5% from 20 March…
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