Taipei: Group calls on Ma to respect teacher’s right to form unions

by E Wayne Ross on June 15, 2009

Taipei Times: Group calls on Ma to respect teacher’s right to form unions

Ahead of the legislature’s scheduled review today and tomorrow of a bill on whether teachers can form unions, the National Teachers Association (NTA) yesterday publicized a letter from Education International (EI) calling on the government to respect teachers’ right to organize labor unions.

The English letter was written by Fred van Leeuwen, secretary-general of EI — a global federation of teachers representing more than 30 million members in 171 countries — and addressed to President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九).