Ontario Teachers Set to Strike
Ontario Community College teachers are set for a strike ballot on the 13th January as a result of the failure of negotiations with the college employers continue reading »
December 30 2009 | General | No Comments »
Archive for December, 2009
ITUC Condemns Killing of Teachers in Colombia
A Teacher Lies Dead in Colombia Earlier this Year
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has condemned the killing of 195 teachers in Colombia in 2009
December 18 2009 | General | No Comments »
EI Warns of Privatisation Dangers
Education International has published a document which highlights the dangers of Vocational Education and Training (VET) facing ever increasing pressures of privatisation continue reading »
December 18 2009 | General | No Comments »
Panama Teachers Threaten Strike in New Year
Panamian Teachers Demonstrating
Teachers’ unions in Panama are threatening to go on strike in the new year against the government’s neo-liberal education policies
December 14 2009 | General | No Comments »
Sudanese Teachers Strike Again for Unpaid Salaries
A Village School without a School Building in Sudan
Teachers in the Sudanese state of Central Equatoria have been forced to go out on strike again to try and get the money which is owed to them
December 12 2009 | General | No Comments »
Irish Teaching Unions Plan Co-ordinated Action
Irish Public Sector Workers Demonstrating earlier this Year
The three Irish teacher unions agreed on Friday to plan co-ordinated action - upto and including strike action in response to the Government’s budget
December 12 2009 | General | No Comments »
Exploitation of ‘Contract Teachers’ a Global Problem
Nursery Teachers Protesting in Port of Spain
In many countries of the world so called contract teachers are being used to plug gaps in education services with a damaging effect both on teachers themselves and on education. continue reading »
December 07 2009 | General | No Comments »
Honduras Government Cancels School to Avoid Teacher Activism
The following report has been sent to teachersolidarity by educationist Larry Kuehn who is monitoring the situation in Honduras continue reading »
December 04 2009 | General | No Comments »
Canadian Teachers in Honduras to Show Solidarity
Young People Demonstrating in Honduras
The following report comes from education trade unionist Larry Kuehn who has seen first hand the Honduras election and witnessed the human rights abuses which have accompanied it
December 02 2009 | General | No Comments »