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TeacherSolidarity: Teaching Unions. Teacher Strikes. Teacher Cuts.

Our aim is to bring together teacher activists internationally by recording the struggles such as teacher strikes of teaching unions and others against 'reforms' like teacher cuts which are standing in the way of truly creative and free education for the world's children. This site has been set up as a result of our book 'The Global Assault on Teaching, Teachers and their Unions: Stories for Resistance.''

Philadelphia School District on Strike

Over 600 teachers began a strike in a Philadelphia school district yesterday, against being forced to work without a contract.

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January 10 2012 | General |

Nigerian Schools Closed in General Strike

Nigerian schools, petrol stations, banks, government buildings, offices and shops are closed in a second day of a nationwide strike against the removal of fuel subsidies.

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January 10 2012 | General |

Dutch Teachers to Strike

Dutch School Students demonstrating in 2007

Dutch teachers are to go on strike against a proposed increase in their working hours continue reading »

January 08 2012 | General |

Urgent Appeal to end Solitary Confinement of Children in Israel

Child Arrested by Israeli Soldiers

Defence for Children International (DCI) has issued an urgent appeal for the ending of solitary confinement of children in Israel continue reading »

January 06 2012 | General |

Zimbabwe’s Teachers to Strike

Earlier Teachers’ Demonstration in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s teachers are set to strike at the beginning of the new term continue reading »

January 06 2012 | General |

Lebanese Contract Teachers on Strike

Lebanese Teachers on Strike in 2011

Contract teachers in Lebanon are on strike to demand the payment of money owed to them continue reading »

January 04 2012 | General |

Mauritanian Secondary Teachers to Strike

Young People demonstrating in Mauritania for democracy in 2011

Secondary teachers in Mauritania are to strike from January 15th continue reading »

January 03 2012 | General |

Turkish Teachers in Earthquake Zone demand Improved Conditions

The Earthquake in Van

Teachers in the Turkish area of Van protested for better living conditions on Thursday continue reading »

January 01 2012 | General |

Chicago Teachers and Parents defend Schools

Teachers in Chicago, USA, are joining with parents to defend schools against education ‘reforms’ such as school closures, school ‘turnarounds’ – where all the staff are sacked – and charter schools. These were instigated by Obama’s education supremo Arne Duncan while he was Chicago schools chief, and are now being rolled out by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. continue reading »

December 30 2011 | General |

Egypt’s Teachers take Action

Egyptian Teachers protesting in October

The most militant section of workers in Egypt this December were teachers continue reading »

December 30 2011 | General |

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