Archive for the 'General' Category

Victimised Morelos Teachers Urgently need Solidarity

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 Picture by Jacqui Birchall of a Morales Resident holding a Tear Gas Cannister thrown into her House by the Security Forces 

Teachers in Morelos who have been striking against government plans to privatise schooling in Mexico are being vitimised and need your solidarity urgently

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November 17 2008 | General | No Comments »

South Australia Teachers to Strike

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Rally of South Australian Teachers earlier this Year

Members of the Australian Educators’ Union (AEU) in South Australia are to strike on November 21st

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November 16 2008 | General | No Comments »

Morelos Teachers and Communities Unite

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Demonstration in Morelos this Month 

Teachers and communities are uniting in Southern Mexico to contest education reforms which will damage the education service. Please see previous post. If you have more information about this action please email me on mary@teachersolidarity.com or register on the forum:

November 16 2008 | General | No Comments »

Thousand of Portuguese Teachers Demonstrate

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 Portuguese Teachers Demonstrating earlier this Year

Thousands of Portuguese teachers took to the streets earlier this month to deomonstrate against damaging education reforms

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November 16 2008 | General | No Comments »

Thousands of German School Students Strike

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German School Students Demonstrating Yesterday

Thousands of school students the length and breadth of Germany struck and demonstrated yesterday against the worsening of their education

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November 13 2008 | General | No Comments »

Hungarian Teachers to Demonstrate against Pay Cuts

Teachers in Hungary are to demonstrate on November 29th against planned pay cuts. continue reading »

November 10 2008 | General | No Comments »

Puerto Rican Teachers Resist Attempts to Destroy Union

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Striking Puerto Rican Teachers earlier this Year 

Teachers in Puerto Rico - members of the FMPR - which staged a heroic strike earlier this year are resisting attempts by the US public service union SEIU to destroy their union

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November 05 2008 | General | No Comments »

Behind the Mexican Teachers’ Strike

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Teachers’ Demonstration in Mexico

There follows an article about the current teachers’ strike in Mexico together with a link to a more in depth analysis

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November 05 2008 | General | No Comments »

Indian Teachers’ Leaders Call off Strike

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 Members of JACTO demonstrating earlier this year

A strike of teachers in India last week affected 40,000 schools. The teachers are all members of unions affiliated to the Joint Action Committee of Teachers’ Organisations (JACTO)

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November 04 2008 | General | No Comments »

Tanzanian Teachers Fight Injunction

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A Class inTanzania

The Tanzanian Teachers union lodged an appeal last week against the injunction which halted their planned strike earlier this month.

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October 28 2008 | General | No Comments »

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