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Patrick Pleul
Patrick Pleul

Standards and working conditions

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  1. News 6 September 2011

    North American teachers celebrate Labour Day

    Teachers across Canada and the USA have used the annual Labour Day celebration, which falls on the first Monday of September, to honour the social and economic achievements of workers.

    North American teachers celebrate Labour Day
  2. News 30 August 2011

    Spain: public education is paying for the crisis

    In a letter to secondary school teachers in Madrid, the city’s region mayor, Esperanza Aguirre, called on teachers’ ‘sense of duty’ in this time of crisis to do two more contact hours a week from the beginning of the new school year.

    Spain: public education is paying for the crisis
  3. News 9 August 2011

    USA: Education workers demonstrate against privatisation

    Thousands of students, teachers and education advocates from across the USA have gathered in the capital, Washington DC, for the ‘Save Our Schools’ march and rally to demonstrate against privatisation and to stand up for public schools.

    USA: Education workers demonstrate against privatisation
  4. News 8 August 2011

    Greece: Teachers plan new strikes for September

    Teachers and university professors in Greece are planning a new wave of strikes in September after seeing their pay and benefits cut by the equivalent of two months of pay a year. Hundreds of thousands of people, including teachers, have been demonstrating on the streets of Greece over the last...

    Greece: Teachers plan new strikes for September
  5. News 8 August 2011

    Liberia: Teachers struggle for a living wage

    Members of the National Teachers Association of Liberia (NTAL) have launched a campaign for a decent living wage for all school teachers and education workers. Professional teachers currently earn as little as US$100 per month – which is an inadequate sum to survive on in a country where food prices...

    Liberia: Teachers struggle for a living wage
  6. News 8 August 2011

    Sierra Leone: Teachers’ pay award blocked by IMF

    Teachers in Sierra Leone have had their pay rise blocked by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Despite the fact that teachers can earn as little as US$50 per month in Sierra Leone which is wholly inadequate to sustain one person, let alone to provide for an entire family, an IMF...

    Sierra Leone: Teachers’ pay award blocked by IMF