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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...

You can contribute to the work of this site 

2nd February 2018

In response to requests to honor Mary Compton by supporting her life-long work to build international solidarity among teachers and teacher...

Iranian teacher union leader returned to prison, despite his extremely poor health 

1st February 2018

Although their resistance has not been well-reported in Western media, Iranian teachers have been waging protests, often despite severe...

Solidarity delegation from UK's NEU meets with Mexican unionists in CNTE 

27th January 2018

The National Education Union (NEU) solidarity visit to Mexico and the CNTE (Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación/ National...

Chile and Chicago breaking the chains - together! Report by Jackson Potter, Chicago Teachers Union 

21st January 2018

In her new book, ‘Democracy in Chains,’ historian Nancy Maclean locates the origin of today’s radical right movement back to 1950s politics...

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