This site has been set up as a result of our book 'The Global Assault on Teaching, Teachers and their Unions: Stories for Resistance.' Its aim is to inform teacher activists from all over the world about the struggles against the neoliberal assault that are happening elsewhere. Through the Forum we hope to allow teachers in struggle to call for and give solidarity and to exchange ideas for resisting the neoliberal assault in order to build a truly emancipated education system for all the world's children.
NUT Members on Strike earlier this Year
Members of the UK’s largest teachers’ union the National Union of Teachers (NUT) are to be ballotted for further strike action in their campaign for fair pay
September 05 2008 | General |
Ohio Teachers on strike in 2006
Teachers in the Newton Falls school district in Ohio are to go on strike in pursuit of a wage agreement which will preserve their living standards
September 05 2008 | General |
Farzad Kamangar
The Turkish education union Egitem Sen has sent a letter to the Iranian authorities to protest against the death sentence on Iranian teacher Farzad Kamangar
September 02 2008 | General |
The Algerian Hunger Strikers
35 Algerian teachers have been on hunger strike since the middle of July to protest against the casualisation of the teaching profession in that country
August 13 2008 | General |
South African Trade Unionists Strike against Price Rises
Members of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) joined a strike earlier this week against rising fuel, food and electricity prices
August 08 2008 | General |
A School destroyed by the Sichuan Earthquake
Liu Shaokun, a teacher from the Sichuan Province where this May’s devestating earthquake happened has been detained by the Chinese authorities continue reading »
July 31 2008 | General |
School Children in Madhya Pradesh
Teachers in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are staging a token hunger strike on August 13th to be followed by an indefinite strike if their demands are not met
July 25 2008 | General |
A Demonstration in Solidarity with Nigerian Teachers Last Thursday
Further to their three day warning strike in June (see earlier post) primary and secondary teachers in Nigeria are on indefinite strike.
July 15 2008 | General |
Rebuilding a School in Banlgadesh devestated by Cyclone Sidr
Teachers in community primary schools in Bangladesh will go on hunger strike from August 1st if their demand for a 20% pay increase is not met.
July 14 2008 | General |
Children in the Maldives after the Tsunami
Teachers in the South Asian Republic of the Maldives went on strike last week to demand that the salary structure agreed in 2006 be paid.
July 08 2008 | General |