‘Black' Tuesday
! -I’l Black armband's ati<l black dress were! wojrri by post-primary teachers yesterday to mark t ! he “death of democratic Government.” ( ’! : The State Sector Bill was due to pass tbroigh the committee stages of Parliament yesterday.;! I The j teachers’ | umotf, the | Post-Primary Teachers’ Association, has ' opposed ' the measures contained in the bill, and yesterdayfs protest was to mark what teachers see as ithe (undemocratic way 'it has been rushed through the House. J [•-':! Ms Rae Janies, ■!(a national executive member of the P.P.TjA. and an English teacher j;at Aranui High School, said many pupils had; known why their teachers were dressed in black.' Fl • lH “I haven’t discussed it vyith them, because|( it hasn’t seemed appropriate, but most students mention the bill when they see us in black, arid seem to understand if! I say it is about the of democracy,” she said, i ; Many Aranui Reachers wore black yesterday, Ms James said. ;
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