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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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News 8 March 2007 EI deeply concerned by the repression of teacher union activists during recent protest marches in Tehran
EI condemns the arrest without warrant of Ali Akbar Baghani, head, and Beheshti Langroodi, spokesperson, of the Teachers Trade Association of Iran (Kanooneh Senfiyeh Moallemaneh Iran).
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News 8 March 2007 Fiji: COPE condemns teachers’ pay cuts
The Council of Pacific Education (COPE), an EI affiliated umbrella body of teacher organisations in the Pacific, condemns the pay cut and lowering of retirement age for teachers proposed by the Fijian government.
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News 2 March 2007 Iran: teachers will hold unprecedented nationwide strike on 6 Mar to uphold their right to a living wage
Iranian teachers have waited 5 years for their pay to rise above the poverty line, and now, the current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime is going to destroy their hope by repealing the Pay Parity Bill drafted by the previous Parliament.
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News 2 March 2007 Statement of Protest by Teachers and Members of the Co-ordinated Council of Cultural Workers Associations
Below is the statement, in its entirety, issued by the Teachers and Members of the Co-ordinated Council of Cultural Workers Associations of Iran at the end of their protest action on 4 Feb 2007 in front of the Parliament Building in Tehran. The views expressed in the statement do not...
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News 23 February 2007 Zimbabwe: teacher union ZIMTA calls off the strike after securing wage increase
The strike called by all public servants in Zimbabwe, including the 55,000 teachers represented by EI affiliate the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA), prompted the government to increase the wages of all government employees.
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News 22 February 2007 Korea: Korea: government should involve teachers in social dialogue
EI has written to the President of the Republic of Korea, expressing its concern about the disciplinary action taken against the 430 teachers who publicly protested against the imposition of the teacher evaluation system.
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News 21 February 2007 Lithuania: EI sends message of support to Lithuanian teachers
EI sends its message of support to teachers in Lithuania who will be protesting outside the Ministry of Education on 21 Feb at 14:45hrs.
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News 20 February 2007 Angola: teachers begin nation-wide strike on 22 Feb
Angolan teachers will go on a national strike on 22 Feb to demand changes to their official status and timely payment of salary. Participants in the General Assembly of Teachers held on 16 Feb voted to go ahead with the strike despite continuous threats and harassment by the government.
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News 16 February 2007 Macedonia: Union pressure pays off
Following a protest of 3,500 teachers outside the Ministry of Education on 15 February, EI affiliate SONK (Autonomous Trade Union of Education, Science and Culture of the Republic of Macedonia) signed an agreement with the Minister of Education which meets all the demands of the teachers.
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News 12 February 2007 EI publishes Activity Report on World Teachers’ Day 2006
EI has just published a report detailing the World Teachers’ Day 2006 activities of its affiliates around the world.
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News 7 February 2007 North American and Caribbean teachers urge governments to invest in public education
EI's 5th North American and Caribbean Regional Conference was held in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica, West Indies, from 22-23 January 2007. More than 100 representatives of teachers' organisations from the United States, Canada and the Caribbean participated, along with officers of the EI Executive Board and staff.
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News 23 January 2007 EI at the World Social Forum in Nairobi: qualified teachers are crucial for quality education
EI is present at the 6th World Social Forum, currently being held in Nairobi from 20-25 Jan. More than twelve thousand participants from all over the world are attending this global event to exchange their experiences and ideas about how "another world is possible" - the theme of this year's...
EI at the World Social Forum in Nairobi: qualified teachers are crucial for quality education