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Making global teacher solidarity real 

1st April 2018

As her union meets in its annual conference, we join in paying tribute to Mary Compton, whose passing “robbed us of someone who worked with...

US teachers show their power in walkouts about education's underfunding 

30th March 2018

Teachers in the US in states that have Republican-controlled legislatures that have starved schools for funds are mobilizing in what can...

Turkish teacher unionists taken into custody 

22nd March 2018

Executive officers of Tüm Bel-Sen (Union of All Municipality Civil Servants) and Egitim-Sen (Education and Science Workers' Union) in Izmir...

Iranian teacher union activist arrested at his school 

21st March 2018

A leading activist in the Tehran branch of the Iranian Teachers' Trade Association (ITTA), Mohammad Habibi,  was arrested at his school on...

Slovenia's teachers close schools in walkout 

20th March 2018

A walkout by Slovenia’s teachers on March 14 closed the nation’s schools for the second time in two months.  The previous national work...

West Virginia inspires US teachers: Oklahoma next? 

12th March 2018

In this livestream of a March 10 panel, West Virginia teachers describe how they organized their state-wide walkout. Their struggle has...

In tribute to Mary Compton 

10th March 2018

      Posted here are a few of the many tributes to Mary Compton       Mary Compton, who has died of cancer aged 67, was an inspirational...

UK higher education faculty, US teachers strike, express solidarity 

6th March 2018

University and College Union (UCU)  members in 61 universities in the UK  have voted to and undertaken strike action on 22-23, 26-28 Feb...

Student interns strike across Quebec, Canada, protesting unpaid labor 

2nd March 2018

Students from Montreal, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Gatineau and Laval conducted industrial action on 20 February to demand pay for all...

West Virginia teachers organize state-wide strike over wages, health care 

1st March 2018

Governments can make strikes illegal, but they can’t stop them when workers are fed up and organized to build and maintain solidarity. ...

Guinean teachers on strike amidst popular protests 

27th February 2018

Thousands of young people erected barricades and blocked traffic in the Guinean capital Conakry according to reports on February 26 in...

US Charter School Advocacy Group Closes 

15th February 2018

Although charter schools, free schools, or academies as they are variously called, are promoted as a reform that benefits students and...

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