Union education and citizenship : educating the educators?

Suggests that the opportunity for union education provided in NZ under the Employment Relations Act has also given an opportunity for teachers in secondary schools to provide their students with a more meaningful citizenship education. Further suggests that there is a need for a teacher programme to assist secondary school teachers communicate with students about their experiences of being in the workforce and to help them understand their employment rights and gain confidence in their collective skills. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.