Puerto Rican Students Continue the Struggle against Cuts
Student knocked unconscious by police
Students in Puerto Rico took part in a massive demonstration this week
July 02 2010 | General | No Comments »
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London Teachers occupy Balfour Beatty Offices
Teachers at St Aloysius school in Islington were on strike yesterday against dangerous building work being undertaken by multinational Balfour Beatty continue reading »
July 02 2010 | General | No Comments »
Teachers across India Struggle to Improve Pay and Conditions
SSA Teachers on Hunger Strike Last Year
Teachers in many parts of India are struggling to improve their pay and conditions
July 01 2010 | General | No Comments »
Strikes Across Europe aginst Public Spending Cuts
One of a Series of General Strikes in Greece this Year
Teachers continue to play a leading role in strikes against cuts in education across Europe
July 01 2010 | General | No Comments »
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 »
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 »