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News 10 July 2007 EI to launch World Teachers’ Day 2007
Teachers and their unions from all around the world will campaign together on October 5th, World Teachers’ Day, to call for Quality Teachers for Quality Education!
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News 10 July 2007 Uganda: UNATU react to claims of teachers rejecting posts
In June, the Monitor newspaper reported that some 2,000 teachers had turned down government job offers in Uganda. The article echoes the surprise of the Ministry of Education on the apparent rejection of these posts. EI affiliate the Ugandan National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) has since reacted to these misleading statements.
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News 6 July 2007 Peru: SUTEP on strike against new Teacher Career Law
EI affiliate in Peru, SUTEP, launched an indefinite strike on 5 July to protest against a new legal framework for the teaching profession, currently being discussed by the National Congress.
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News 26 June 2007 Peru: SUTEP demands national debate on law on teaching profession
EI affiliate in Peru, SUTEP, has called a 24-hour strike on 26 June to demand that the proposed new legal framework for the teaching profession be discussed in a national debate before being submitted to the Congress.
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News 18 June 2007 Kenya: Government lifts 10-year teacher employment embargo
The Kenyan government has lifted a 10-year employment embargo and announced extra funding for education, though the measures fall short of what is required to ensure adequate allocation of teachers.
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News 5 June 2007 International Labour Conference adopts CEART Report
The International Labour Conference (ILC) Committee on the Application of Standards unanimously adopted the Report of the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART) at its session of 1 June 2007.
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News 4 June 2007 Poland: Negotiations are progressing
Nearly half of Polish schools took part in a two-hour strike on 29 May called by EI affiliate ZNP to support demands for a 20% pay rise for education personnel, increase of expenditure on education and the upholding of the right to early retirement until at least 2011 and the...
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1 June 2007 EI address to the 96th session of the International Labour Conference Committee on the Application of Standards, Geneva, 30 May-15 June 2007
Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
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News 1 June 2007 One million South African workers to strike today
Up to one million South African public sector workers are set to go on strike today demanding higher pay. It will be one of the country’s largest strikes in more than a decade.
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News 1 June 2007 Senegal: government's failure to fulfil its promise forces teachers to strike again
Teachers in public primary and secondary schools in Senegal are on a 72-hour strike from 30 May to 1 June.
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News 1 June 2007 Zimbabwe: EI affiliate ZIMTA deplores brain drain
At its 26th Annual Conference which took place in April, EI member organisation the Zimbabwe Teacher’s Association (ZIMTA) called on its government to address the severe political, social and economic problems that are leading to massive brain drain of professionals.
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News 31 May 2007 Trinidad and Tobago: “National pride is not going to pay bills”
Thousands of teachers took to the streets on May 26 to protest against what they called the Government’s meagre salary offer to them.
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News 21 May 2007 EI School Leadership Meeting, Birmingham, UK
EI held a School Leadership Meeting at the NASUWT Hillscourt Education Centre in Birmingham, England on 15 - 16 May 2007. The meeting, which was hosted by NASUWT, was attended by 30 participants from 13 different countries. EI was represented by Elie Jouen and Denis Sinyolo.
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News 8 May 2007 Iran: Teachers' Mass Protest on 8 May
Teachers in Iran will be converging upon the Iranian Parliament today at one o'clock in the afternoon to demand for better pay and working conditions, and the release of all jailed colleagues. They are also calling for the withdrawal of the order for the termination of service recently issued to...
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News 24 April 2007 Iran: EI condemns more arrests of teachers
Once again, EI protested to the Iranian government over further arrests of teachers after strike actions have been announced for 15, 16 April.
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News 19 April 2007 Senegal: Teachers invite government to the negotiation table
The Strike action in Senegal is the last resort for teachers in trying to persuade the government to return to dialogue.
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News 12 April 2007 Iran: Teachers determined to continue strike actions despite threats
Teachers in Iran are determined to proceed with their strike actions, despite threats by the authorities.
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News 11 April 2007 Argentina: Nation-wide teacher strike against police violence
EI strongly condemned the recent use of violence by the police in Argentina to disperse a peaceful demonstration. The violence resulted in the death of a teacher.
Argentina: Nation-wide teacher strike against police violence