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France: Student day of action, early reports
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A national day of action, with demonstrations and continued action by student strikes was called for today.
Most demonstrations are to take place in the afternoon, with militants trying to convince as many students as possible during the morning to join demonstrations and mass actions.
Union suspends Northern Irish classroom strike
Members of the Nipsa union have voted to suspend their strike in the dispute over classroom assistants' pay.
Members will take part in industrial action today (Monday), which was voted on at the weekend, however the overall strike will cease from Tuesday.
Three other unions representing assistants have accepted a deal which added an extra £15m to compensate for changes in work conditions. Nipsa represents more than 3,300 classroom assistants in NI.
Netherlands: Thousands walk out against school hours
Thousands of Dutch school pupils walked out of lessons on Friday in wildcat protests organised online against lesson times.
There were walk outs in at least 15 cities and there were a number of incidents, with 20 teenagers arrested. In Middelburg 500 pupils occupied a crossroads, after which they clashed with police with batons.
Word about the demonstrations - against the official 1,040 hours of lessons a year - was spread using MSN and email.
France: More workers join strikes
Hundreds of thousands of health workers, civil servants, printers postal workers and air traffic controllers yesterday joined transport and energy strikes over pensions and pay.
Thousands joined street protests in Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg, Marseille, Grenoble, Lyon and other cities.
The 24 hour strike left many schools closed, hospitals providing a reduced service and newsagents without newspapers.
The BBC reported that the French capital's two airports and Marseille airport in the south suffered delays and cancellations.
France: Schoolchildren join student and teacher strikes
Across the country secondary school students are voting to join strikes in support of university students and the wider struggle.
Tomorrow many of France's teachers will go on strike as part of a wider civil service action. Some universities have seen staff vote on further solidarity action with students.
Classroom assistants to renew strike action in Northern Ireland
Thousands of Northern Ireland classroom assistants are to resume their strike action next week.
The Nipsa union's 3,000 members will be out on picket lines two days a week until Christmas, and many special schools will be affected. The union says the action was agreed unanimously at a meeting of its strike committee in Cookstown on Thursday.
Northern Ireland: classroom assistants' talks continue
Employers and unions in the classroom assistants' dispute are meeting for an eighth day of face-to-face negotiations at the Labour Relations Agency.
A confidentiality clause has been agreed by employers and unions meeting at the agency, but it appears there has been little progress.
Argentina: Teachers strike in memory of colleague
On October 5th there were mass walkouts nationwide by teachers in state and private schools in memory of a colleague who had been killed by police.
Carlos Fuentealba died in April after being struck by a tear gas grenade fired from almost point blank range. The attack took place after Jorge Sobisch, the then Governor of Neuquen and current presidential candidate, ordered police to crack down on a protest march by striking teachers.
NI classroom assistants begin one-day strike
Pickets are being held outside special schools and some other schools in Northern Ireland as a strike by classroom assistants gets under way.
The dispute involves up to 7,000 classroom assistants and has been dragging on for over 10 years. It centres on salaries and pay grades. Most special schools are expected to be closed by the strike and many other schools are likely to have to send pupils home at lunchtime.
Cameroon: Primary school teachers to strike
Teachers have given official notice of strike action from October 2nd to October 5th, this will coincide with the anniversary of the 1966 UNESCO recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers.
The main demands relate to quality of life. Teachers are demanding that their salaries be re-evaluated, in 1992-1993 salaries were lowered by 50-70% and this fall has not been made up. They are also demanding that all salary arrears be paid in full, including payments linked to exams. They have also asked for a housing allowance.
