Articles from Argentina
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 April 2017 Argentina: Rising tension as teachers’ protest repressed by police
Teachers in Argentina were targeted when their peaceful protest on the eve of 9–10 April was violently repressed by police. The demonstration, aiming to set up a 'mobile school' in the form of a white tent in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, was brought to an abrupt...
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Union growth 2 March 2017 Argentina: threats to union leader overshadow new school year
With continuing threats targeting Roberto Baradel, leader of the Buenos Aires education union, and collective bargaining stalling across the country, Argentina’s teachers are bracing for a difficult start to the new school year.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 February 2017 Argentina: death threat puts union freedom at grave risk
A death threat directed at Roberto Baradel, the general secretary of the Argentinian teachers’ union SUTEBA, has driven the union movement to act as many wonder whether their right to organise is now in peril.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 January 2017 Facing up to the WTO summit, the Peoples’ Summit
The CTERA, the trade union confederation and affiliate of Educational International in Argentina, raised its voice against the commodification and privatisation of education at the ‘Peoples’ Summit’, which took place in Buenos Aires.
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Standards and working conditions 24 August 2016 Argentina’s teachers carry out nation-wide strike
With teachers’ unions leading the way, tens of thousands have taken to the streets in Argentina to oppose the government’s education reform, which includes spending cuts, and to demand authorities to reopen social dialogue.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 September 2015 Argentina: making quality early childhood education for all a priority
The Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina has criticised a bill adopted by the country’s Chamber of Deputies that it says undermines the social right to early education of all children.
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Union renewal and development 14 October 2014 EI mourns the loss of a friend, and leader in education
It is with profound regret that we announce the death of Ms Stella Maldonado, General Secretary of CTERA, and member of the EI Executive Board.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2014 Latin America shows passion for quality education
Hundreds of people have taken part in the culmination events that unravelled today in Buenos Aires, Argentina, showcasing the support of an entire continent for quality education, and reflecting the will of a region that will not let go off its political achievements.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 September 2014 Campaign events reach Latin America
Just in time for the beginning of spring in the Southern hemisphere, the campaign tour has reached the west side of the Atlantic Ocean. After a regional women's conference in Brazil, it's time for Buenos Aires.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 August 2014 Argentina: Human rights crusader’s grandson found
The grandson of Estela de Carlotto, founder and head of Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of May Square) and recipient of the 2004 Human and Trade Union Rights Award of Education International, has been found.
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Union growth 7 August 2014 Argentina: human rights crusader’s grandson found
The grandson of Estela de Carlotto, founder and head of Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of May Square), Argentina, and recipient of the 2004 Human and Trade Union Rights Award of Education International, has been found.
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Equity and inclusion 14 November 2013 Argentina: Call for free lay and egalitarian sex education
EI’s affiliate in Argentina, the Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina (CTERA), supported the theme of the XXII March for Pride in Sexual Diversity: “Free lay and egalitarian sexuality education”; the march proceeded from the Plaza de Mayo to the Plaza del Congreso in Buenos Aires...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 June 2013 Argentina: CTERA condemns persecution of trade union leader
The EI’s affiliate, the Central de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina (CTERA), has condemned threats by the provincial government against the leader of the Sindicato Unificado de Trabajadores de la Educación de Buenos Aires (SUTEBA).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 Argentina: State support for people’s rightsArgentina: State support for people’s rights
Jim Baker
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 November 2011 EI President calls for a commitment to public education in Argentina
EI’s Argentinian affiliate, SUTEBA, organised an international forum on quality public education in Buenos Aires, on 24-25 November.
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Standards and working conditions 14 November 2011 Argentina: Teachers challenge privatisation
Teachers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, have announced plans to strike from 16-17 November against a bill that will establish a computerised rating system to decide teachers’ employment and promotion.
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Union renewal and development 17 June 2011 Latin America: Regional Conference defends public education
Among the outcomes of EI’s eighth Latin America Regional Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, were statements to defend quality public education, support for teachers in disputes across the region, and a proposal to revitalise the Latin American educational movement.
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Equity and inclusion 8 June 2011 Latin America: Women’s Networks keep moving for equality
The Southern Cone Women’s Network of EI’s Latin America Region met from 6-7 June in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to evaluate the results and challenges of EI’s World Women’s Conference held in Thailand in January 2011.
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