This week will see mass walk outs across the country as 100,000 teachers and medical staff go on strike. This Thursday, October 23, 11,500 Allied Health workers will walk off the job, as well as: 35-hundred mental health and public health nurses and mental health assistants, more than 36,000 nurses, midwives, health care assistants, and   400 nurses and health care assistants working for Corrections.  On top of all this, in a historic first, primary school teachers, primary principals, school support staff, and Ministry of Education specialist staff as well as secondary and area schoolteachers will all strike together. Today on The Front Page, PPTA President Chris Abercrombie is with us to take us through what needs to change in our education sector. Follow The Front Page on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. You can about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network. Host: Chelsea DanielsEditor/Producer: Richard MartinProducer: Jane YeeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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