Teacher Union Colleagues on Trial in Turkey
A Previous Teachers’ Demonstration in Turkey
Teachers from the Turkish Teaching Union Egitim Sen are facing long prison sentences
June 29 2010 | General | No Comments »
Archive for June, 2010
Italian Teachers take Action against Cuts
General Strike in Italy
Italian teachers have been taking part in action against the Berlusconi government’s cuts package
June 29 2010 | General | No Comments »
Teaching Without a Union
An excellent video from a Canadian teaching union showing what teaching might be like without unions… (OSSTF) takes a light-hearted but prescient look at what teaching could be like without unions. The sad thing is that many of the things predicted in the video are already happening in different ways in different countries as governments in both OECD countries and the Global South try to make public services, especially education, pay for the crisis.
June 29 2010 | General | No Comments »
Nationwide Strike in France
Teachers will be walking out in France tomorrow as part of a nationwide strike across all industries, in protest against government attempts to increase the retirement age from 60 to 62.
June 23 2010 | General | No Comments »
Nigerian Teachers are still Fighting for Pay
A Previous Strike by Nigerian Teachers
Teachers in the Oyo state of Nigeria are still having to take strike action to secure payment of salary arrears
June 19 2010 | General | No Comments »
Honduran Leader addresses EI Meeting in the Dominican Republic
One of Last Year’s Demonstrations against the Coup
Honduran Leader Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales who was ousted in a military coup has been addressing a regional conference of Education International
June 19 2010 | General | No Comments »
UAR GEMS Private Schools Rake in Profits at Teachers’ Expense
Privately owned schools in the United Arab Emirates have used increasing teachers’ salaries as an excuse to raise their fees
June 16 2010 | General | No Comments »
EI Protests Persecution of Teachers in Iran
Teacher Farzad Kamangar who was Executed at the beginning of May
Education International (EI) has issued a statement condemning the continued persecution of teacher trade unionists in Iran
June 16 2010 | General | No Comments »
Moroccan Teachers’ Union Leads Campaign against Child Labour
Child Labour in Morocco
The Moroccan Teachers’ union is leading a campaign against child labour in the Fez region of Morocco
June 14 2010 | General | No Comments »
Scottish Teachers to Ballot for Strike over Cuts
Part of one of the EIS anti-cuts Demonstrations last March
Delegates at the conference of Scotland’s largest teachers’ union – the Education Institute of Scotland (EIS) have voted to ballot for strike action over cuts
June 14 2010 | General | No Comments »
