Mauritanian Teachers in 3 Day Strike
A schoolroom in Mauritania
Teachers in the west African state of Mauritania held a three day strike last week.
April 28 2008 | General | No Comments »
Archive for April, 2008
UK Teachers Strike for Decent Pay
One of the many rallies on Thursday - this in Lancashire
Thousands of teachers in England and Wales went on strike yesterday in their campaign against below inflation pay rises
April 25 2008 | General | No Comments »
American Teacher Trade Unionists in Conference
Participants at this year’s Trinational Congress
The Trinational Congress representing teachers in Mexico, the US and Canada met in Los Angeles last weekend.
April 21 2008 | General | No Comments »
South African Teachers Dying from AIDS
AIDS activists protesting in South Africa
According to a new report from SADTU the South African teachers’ union, ten teachers are dying every month from AIDS
April 15 2008 | General | No Comments »
Colombian Teacher Unionists Murdered
A nursery school being used as a military stronghold in Colombia
Two teacher trade unionists were murdered in Putumayo on April first. This brings to 9 the number of teachers murdered in Colombia this year.
April 15 2008 | General | No Comments »
Unpaid Indian Teachers in Protest Actions
Teachers in Mumbai in an earlier protest about salaries
30 teaching and non-teaching staff in special schools in Nagpur in India have been on hunger strike demanding that their salaries be paid.
April 13 2008 | General | No Comments »
Lebanese Teachers on Strike
A Lebanese school destroyed by Israeli bombardments 2006
School and university teachers staged a one day ‘warning’ strike last Thursday to demand a pay rise in the increasingly bleak economic situation in the Lebanon.
April 09 2008 | General | No Comments »
Death of UK Teachers’ Leader
Steve Sinnott 1951 - 2008
The sudden death was announced today of Steve Sinnott, General Secretary of the largest UK teachers’ union the National Union of Teachers (NUT)
April 05 2008 | General | No Comments »
UK Teachers Vote for Action
London NUT members on strike in 2002
Members of the largest teachers’ union in England and Wales, the National Union of Teachers voted this week for a one day strike to protest about three more years of pay cuts.
April 03 2008 | General | No Comments »