schools
News and articles about work, policy and workers' and students' struggles in education around the world.
France: Solidarity strike for arrested teacher
French teaching unions have called for a one-day strike this Friday in parisian primary schools in support of an arrested teacher.
Valérie Boukobza, the headmistress of a school in the north of Paris, was arrested on the 20th of March after intervening to try to prevent the arrrest of a chinese illegal immigrant who was collecting his two grand-daughters from her school.
Teachers on strike at independent school
Fifty staff at the Newcastle-under-Lyme school in Staffordshire have gone on strike in what may be the first ever industrial action at an independent school.
The strike was in response to the sacking of the school's Head of English, apparently due to poor exam results. Although the strike by fifty staff successfully closed the school, around forty teachers still went into work. A meeting was due to be held this afternoon between the two unions involved, the NASUWT and the ATL.
Fiji: Military regime facing growing revolt from workers
Fiji's military regime is facing a growing revolt by the country's unions, with thousands more workers voting to support a strike in defiance of warnings they will be sacked.
The Public Employees Union (PEU), representing almost 5,000 blue collar public servants, has voted to back a strike planned by the country's largest union, the Public Service Association (PSA). The PSA voted overwhelmingly on Friday to strike after the military government slashed civil servants' wages under a plan to save the nation's economy from collapse.
Nurses & teachers ballot
West Virginia: 300 teachers call in sick in pay dispute
As strikes are illegal, hundreds of school workers in Monongalia County went on sick-out on Tuesday giving school children the day off as all state schools were forced to shut.
The evening previously about 30 teachers in Brooke County demonstrated at the county schools office. These teachers received praise in the press, as opposed to the vitriol dished out on the Monongalia strikers.
Of the sick out, Ry Rivard wrote on da.wvu.edu that county superintendent Frank Devonoit said was not clear how many were protesting and how many were actually sick.
Students protest at sixth form college
Over fifty Sixth Form students at Riverside College, Runcorn, Cheshire reacted against the removal of I.T. facilities from the college and the atmosphere of secrecy in which the ill-disguised asset strip was carried out.
With just weeks before AS and A-Level examinations, computers from the former Runcorn Sixth Form building were to be removed, apparently to be installed next door in the former Halton College building.
The two colleges were forced into an amalgamation by the local Labour run authority last summer against the wishes of staff, pupils, parents and the local community in general.
Defying the rule of law: Lessons learned from the BC teachers strike, 2005
A short account and comment on the two week illegal strike of teachers in British Columbia which won gains on wages and class size reductions.
by Chris, Northwest Anarchist Federation
Anti-war school walkouts, 2003 - AYN discussions
Extracts from the Anarchist Youth Network's open email discussion with information-sharing and discussion about the walkouts of school students which occured against the Iraq war as it began in March 2003. While there was a lot of potential AYN failed to make a collective impact on them.
Calverton teachers to strike today
Teachers at a school in Calverton in Nottinghamshire will strike today over a new salary structure.
Beginning today, the teachers, members of the NUT union, will be striking every Thursday until February half term. A new salary structure introduced at the school means wage reductions of upto £4,000 for some staff, and no concessions have been offered to make up for the shortfall.
Student protests in Italy and Slovakia, 2005
Two short articles about school and university student demonstrations, March 2005.
Slovakia: Fourth student protest this year
School occupations and strikes, Germany, 2005
Two short articles on school strikes and occupations in Germany in 2005.
