International Herald Tribune: Peru public school teachers agree to end 15-day strike
Peru’s public school teachers on Thursday ended a 15-day strike against a new law requiring them to take competency tests after government officials agreed to immediate talks on their demand for better training.
IPSnews.net: Strike Ends as Teachers and Gov’t Sit Down to Talks
Peru’s teachers’ union, which has been giving the Alan García administration its worst headache, decided to suspend its protests after 15 days of violence that resulted in three deaths and dozens of wounded across the country. But its battle with the government has barely begun.
“We will have ongoing and uninterrupted dialogue from today,” Education Minister José Antonio Chang said on Friday, after launching negotiations with the public school teachers who went on strike Jul. 5. They are protesting a new law on teacher education, which they regard as a move to “privatise” the sector.
“The strike is temporarily suspended until our claims are met in these talks,” Luis Muñoz , general secretary of the Unified Trade Union of Education Workers of Peru (SUTEP), told IPS, after meeting Thursday evening with the prime minister and president of the ministerial council, Jorge del Castillo.
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