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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.
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News 4 April 2007 Iran: release of a few arrested teachers
A few of the 300 teachers arrested during a demonstration on 14 March for better pay and working conditions have been released.
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News 23 March 2007 ILO Body approves Teachers Status report
This week, at its meeting in Geneva, the ILO Governing Body’s Committee on Sectoral and Technical Meetings (STM) approved the Report submitted by the Joint ILO-UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART).
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News 23 March 2007 Iran's Teacher Crisis - ILO Workers' Group and EI meet with Government
The ILO Workers' Group and EI met the Iranian delegation to the ILO Governing Body in Geneva on 21 March on the current teacher crisis in Iran. This meeting is the result of EI's request for ILO intervention on 16 March.
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News 16 March 2007 Iran: EI Condemns Arrest Of Over 300 Teachers
EI wrote to the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on 16 March condemning the harsh repression and arrest of hundreds of teachers who were protesting on 14 March for better pay and working conditions.
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News 15 March 2007 Iran: Extensive Arrest of Teachers During Protest on 14 March
According to EI contacts in Iran, over 50 teachers were reportedly arrested on 14 March during their demonstration in Tehran for better pay and working conditions through the enactment of the Pay Parity Bill.
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News 14 March 2007 Iran: Authorities do not understand the word 'discussion'
"We do not understand the word 'discussion'. Your pressures have no effect on our decision-making. Whether you are present or absent, it makes no difference in our minds." This was a statement proudly pronounced by Koohkan, one of the two members of the Iranian Parliament who met with the teacher...
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News 13 March 2007 Slovenia: EI expresses support for Slovenian teachers
EI has sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Slovenia, Janez Jansa, in support of its affiliate ESTUS and the teachers who will demonstrate on 15 March to defend a sound public education system.
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News 13 March 2007 Iran: Social Dialogue Opened
The Teacher Trade Association of Iran (Kanooneh Senfiyeh Moallemaneh Iran, TTAI) and the Teacher Organisation of Iran (Sazmaneh Moallemaneh Iran) announced that they will not be holding any protest action on 13 March when members of parliament meet with the representatives of the teacher unions officially.
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