Secondary school teachers at an earlier strike in August. (File photo) Photo: RNZ/Calvin Samuel
Members of the secondary teachers union are voting this week on a series of full and partial strikes.
The Post Primary Teachers Association said it was balloting members on action including "rostering home" next week, a full-day strike on 23 October when nurses and primary teachers were striking, and a half-day strike on 5 November.
It said the ballot included the union's members in area schools.
If approved, teachers would refuse to teach Year 7 and Year 9 classes on Tuesday next week, Year 10s and Year 8s next Wednesday, Years 11 and 12 next Thursday and Year 13s on Friday next week.
The union said members were also considering a ban on providing relief cover for absent colleagues from Tuesday to Friday next week, and a ban on participating in extracurricular activity on 29 October.
The union had said its members wanted a better deal than the government's offer of a 2.5 percent pay rise this year and 2.1 next year for teachers at the top of the pay scale.
The government was also seeking to increase the number of call-back days - time outside of school opening hours that teachers could be asked to return to work - from 10 to 18 each year.
PPTA members held a week of "rostering home" action in September.
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