While political upheavals in Africa have been widely reported, we hear little about the role of unions, including teachers unions. Yet as...
November 5, 2011There will be a fight against the return of the “Years of Terror.” (Editor’s note: This is what the most repressive period...
Executive officers of Tüm Bel-Sen (Union of All Municipality Civil Servants) and Egitim-Sen (Education and Science Workers' Union) in Izmir...
Thousands of teachers went on strike last week and staged protests across Iran. The teachers are demanding improved conditions, more...
Teachers in Gabon are on strike as part of their long campaign for a properly funded education service. The teachers were on strike last...
Rural teachers in Zimbabwe are on strike, demanding that bonuses be paid. The government claims it is unable to pay the teachers the money...
If you are a teacher in Latvia, you now have to swear an oath of allegiance to the Lativan state. From today, any teacher or headteacher...
Teachers in South Korea are protesting the introduction of a new history textbook, published by the government of Park Geun-Hye and are...
It is two years today since 43 student teachers were abducted in Guerrero in southern Mexico, and have never been seen again. Their parents...
Despite continued oppression by the military government in Egypt, schoolteachers have been on the streets demanding more money for...
The UK Trades Union Congress passed a unanimous motion today in support of Turkish workers and in particular education workers, and in...
The Turkish government is continuing to oppress teachers, in a move which has seen over 11,000 more colleagues suspended. This is on top of...